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Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances. All benchmarks done by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com and OpenBenchmarking.org. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
m1.small:
Processor: Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB
OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor
m1.medium:
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB
OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor
m1.large:
Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB
OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor
m1.xlarge:
Processor: Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB
OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor
m3.xlarge:
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB
OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1:
Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 @ 2.09GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2013.1.4, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 7GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device
OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.93-0.5-default (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus 1.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: ext3, System Layer: QEMU 1.4.1
m1.large.ssd:
Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.15.1 @ 3.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB RAM, Disk: 7GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device
OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.93-0.8-default (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus 1.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: ext3, System Layer: QEMU 0.15.1
OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 21.13 |===========
m1.medium .......... 55.77 |=============================
m1.large ........... 44.43 |=======================
m1.xlarge .......... 43.23 |======================
m3.xlarge .......... 93.40 |================================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 60.20 |===============================
m1.large.ssd ....... 98.47 |===================================================
POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 2997 |====================================================
m1.medium .......... 1557 |===========================
m1.large ........... 1450 |=========================
m1.xlarge .......... 1620 |============================
m3.xlarge .......... 933 |================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 2024 |===================================
m1.large.ssd ....... 1011 |==================
N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 1000.52 |=================================================
m1.medium .......... 457.55 |======================
m1.large ........... 238.75 |============
m1.xlarge .......... 114.65 |======
m3.xlarge .......... 98.47 |=====
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 49.49 |==
m1.large.ssd ....... 48.57 |==
FFmpeg 2.0
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 122.54 |==================================================
m1.medium .......... 57.46 |=======================
m1.large ........... 34.35 |==============
m1.xlarge .......... 28.53 |============
m3.xlarge .......... 19.71 |========
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 41.11 |=================
m1.large.ssd ....... 21.38 |=========
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 29.64 |===================================================
m1.medium .......... 12.47 |=====================
m1.large ........... 13.94 |========================
m1.xlarge .......... 14.60 |=========================
m3.xlarge .......... 7.37 |=============
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 12.92 |======================
m1.large.ssd ....... 7.56 |=============
Crafty 23.4
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 336.84 |==================================================
m1.medium .......... 168.41 |=========================
m1.large ........... 152.12 |=======================
m1.xlarge .......... 169.75 |=========================
m3.xlarge .......... 97.60 |==============
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 166.74 |=========================
m1.large.ssd ....... 98.26 |===============
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 2669 |====================================================
m1.medium .......... 1286 |=========================
m1.large ........... 635 |============
m1.xlarge .......... 331 |======
m3.xlarge .......... 265 |=====
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 155 |===
m1.large.ssd ....... 114 |==
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 206.23 |==================================================
m1.medium .......... 80.44 |====================
m1.large ........... 44.50 |===========
m1.xlarge .......... 19.54 |=====
m3.xlarge .......... 18.97 |=====
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 11.66 |===
m1.large.ssd ....... 9.95 |==
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 802.18 |==================================================
m1.medium .......... 429.75 |===========================
m1.large ........... 190.58 |============
m1.xlarge .......... 107.69 |=======
m3.xlarge .......... 125.53 |========
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 77.07 |=====
m1.large.ssd ....... 59.11 |====
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small .. 1685.11 |==========================================================
m1.medium . 812.66 |============================
m1.large .. 374.75 |=============
m1.xlarge . 233.92 |========
m3.xlarge . 211.43 |=======
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 821.76 |==================================================
m1.medium .......... 360.01 |======================
m1.large ........... 179.52 |===========
m1.xlarge .......... 123.88 |========
m3.xlarge .......... 97.99 |======
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 77.09 |=====
m1.large.ssd ....... 51.11 |===
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 320.44 |============
m1.medium .......... 758.05 |=============================
m1.large ........... 744.23 |=============================
m1.xlarge .......... 593.28 |=======================
m3.xlarge .......... 1268.27 |=================================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 330.30 |=============
m1.large.ssd ....... 1238.88 |================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 10 |======
m1.medium .......... 20 |===========
m1.large ........... 33 |===================
m1.xlarge .......... 46 |==========================
m3.xlarge .......... 61 |==================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 64 |====================================
m1.large.ssd ....... 96 |======================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 14 |======
m1.medium .......... 29 |============
m1.large ........... 45 |===================
m1.xlarge .......... 57 |========================
m3.xlarge .......... 91 |======================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 81 |==================================
m1.large.ssd ....... 128 |=====================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 5 |====
m1.medium .......... 8 |======
m1.large ........... 17 |============
m1.xlarge .......... 28 |====================
m3.xlarge .......... 39 |============================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 54 |======================================
m1.large.ssd ....... 76 |======================================================
x264 2013-06-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
m1.small .. 7.61 |========
m1.medium . 16.33 |================
m1.large .. 30.40 |==============================
m1.xlarge . 48.10 |===============================================
m3.xlarge . 60.82 |============================================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 8529 |================
m1.medium .......... 16432 |===============================
m1.large ........... 17556 |=================================
m1.xlarge .......... 18224 |===================================
m3.xlarge .......... 26892 |===================================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 6987 |=============
m1.large.ssd ....... 20823 |=======================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 895772333 |===============================================
m1.medium .......... 2146667 |
m1.large ........... 3860667 |
m1.xlarge .......... 8103500 |
m3.xlarge .......... 8240667 |
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 14723333 |=
m1.large.ssd ....... 14060500 |=
John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 252 |===
m1.medium .......... 432 |=====
m1.large ........... 1076 |============
m1.xlarge .......... 1989 |======================
m3.xlarge .......... 2074 |=======================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 4784 |====================================================
m1.large.ssd ....... 3971 |===========================================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 97.53 |===================================================
m1.medium .......... 42.90 |======================
m1.large ........... 26.64 |==============
m1.xlarge .......... 16.47 |=========
m3.xlarge .......... 11.94 |======
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 12.05 |======
m1.large.ssd ....... 8.48 |====
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small ........... 248.29 |==================================================
m1.medium .......... 116.91 |========================
m1.large ........... 57.56 |============
m1.xlarge .......... 37.71 |========
m3.xlarge .......... 28.27 |======
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 16.90 |===
m1.large.ssd ....... 13.29 |===
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 1244.62 |==============
m1.medium .......... 2509.43 |=============================
m1.large ........... 2599.04 |==============================
m1.xlarge .......... 2523.43 |=============================
m3.xlarge .......... 4203.54 |================================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 2156.33 |=========================
m1.large.ssd ....... 4252.15 |=================================================
Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.small .. 128.75 |===========================================================
m1.medium . 54.76 |=========================
m1.large .. 55.59 |=========================
m1.xlarge . 67.74 |===============================
m3.xlarge . 32.28 |===============
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 416 |=======
m1.medium .......... 1503 |=========================
m1.large ........... 1605 |===========================
m1.xlarge .......... 1284 |=====================
m3.xlarge .......... 2049 |==================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 1474 |=========================
m1.large.ssd ....... 3114 |====================================================
AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
m1.small ........... 35.29 |=
m1.medium .......... 59.04 |==
m1.large ........... 195.96 |=====
m1.xlarge .......... 693.57 |===================
m3.xlarge .......... 1766.91 |=================================================
QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 695.50 |===================