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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1309240-SO-1309213SO45&grr&sro.

Amazon Linux AMI EC2 BenchmarksProcessorMemoryDiskMotherboardChipsetGraphicsNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem Layerm1.smallm1.mediumm1.largem1.xlargem3.xlargebluehost vpsaxfone.cz VPS config1Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core)2048MB8GBAmazon Linux AMI 2013.033.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.6.3 20120306ext4Xen 3.4.3.amazon HypervisorIntel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (1 Core)4096MBIntel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores)8192MBIntel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores)15360MBIntel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores)AMD Opteron 6274 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores)Red Hat KVMRed Hat Virtio1 x 4096 MB RAM60GBCirrus Logic GD 5446Red Hat Virtio deviceCentOS 6.42.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.4.7 20120313QEMU Virtual @ 2.00GHz (1 Core)1 x 512 MB RAM13GB QEMU HDDRealtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+Debian 6.0.72.6.32-5-686 (i686)GCC 4.4.5ext3QEMUOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- m1.small: --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-tune=generic - m1.medium: --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-tune=generic - m1.large: --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-tune=generic - m1.xlarge: --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-tune=generic - m3.xlarge: --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-tune=generic - bluehost vps: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-ppl --with-tune=generic - axfone.cz VPS config1: --build=i486-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v System Details- m1.small: Python 2.6.8.- bluehost vps: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- axfone.cz VPS config1: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.Disk Mount Options Details- m1.small, m1.medium, m1.large, m1.xlarge, m3.xlarge: data=ordered,noatime,rwDisk Details- bluehost vps: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,noatime,nodiratime,rw- axfone.cz VPS config1: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarksopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepovray: Total Timen-queens: Elapsed Timeffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVencode-flac: WAV To FLACcrafty: Elapsed Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplescompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionc-ray: Total Timebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvergraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpenx264: H.264 Video Encodingjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmenthmmer: Pfam Database Searchffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinedolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicspostmark: Disk Transaction Performanceaio-stress: Rand Writem1.smallm1.mediumm1.largem1.xlargem3.xlargebluehost vpsaxfone.cz VPS config121.1329971000.52122.5429.64336.842669206.23802.181685.11821.76320.44101457.61852989577233325297.53248.291244.62128.7541635.2955.771557457.5557.4612.47168.41128680.44429.75812.66360.01758.052029816.3316432214666743242.90116.912509.4354.76150359.0444.431450238.7534.3513.94152.1263544.50190.58374.75179.52744.2333451730.40175563860667107626.6457.562599.0455.591605195.9643.231620114.6528.5314.60169.7533119.54107.69233.92123.88593.2846572848.10182248103500198916.4737.712523.4367.741284693.5793.4093398.4719.717.3797.6026518.97125.53211.4397.991268.2761913960.82268928240667207411.9428.274203.5432.2820491766.9161.381307188.9536.1512.20164.3358638.10217.01407.21209.09364.0940531731.65153584955667121628.1455.771764.8863.811684391.7615.371262449.1977.8518.820.021323134.67971.61927.98366.94637.912133182.8712606149866742862.38305.362002.3676.3315711.64OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit Performanceaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge20406080100SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.99, N = 6SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 315.3761.3844.4355.7721.1343.2393.40-fomit-frame-pointer-m64-m64-m641. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total Timeaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge6001200180024003000126213071450155729971620933-march=i686 -mtune=i686-march=k8 -mtune=k8-march=k8 -mtune=k8-march=k8 -mtune=k8-march=k8 -mtune=k8-march=k8 -mtune=k8-march=k8 -mtune=k81. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -malign-double -lz -lm

N-Queens

Elapsed Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterN-Queens 1.0Elapsed Timeaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge2004006008001000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3449.19188.95238.75457.551000.52114.6598.471. (CC) gcc options: -static -fopenmp -O3

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.0H.264 HD To NTSC DVaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge306090120150SE +/- 1.24, N = 4SE +/- 0.54, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 377.8536.1534.3557.46122.5428.5319.71-lasound -lSDL -lpthread -lbz21. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -lrt -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge714212835SE +/- 0.21, N = 10SE +/- 0.05, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 518.8212.2013.9412.4729.6414.607.37-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

Crafty

Elapsed Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCrafty 23.4Elapsed Timeaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge70140210280350SE +/- 0.00, N = 2SE +/- 3.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 30.02164.33152.12168.41336.84169.7597.601. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge6001200180024003000SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 31323586635128626693312651. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compressionaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge50100150200250SE +/- 4.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.65, N = 6SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 3.59, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 4134.6738.1044.5080.44206.2319.5418.971. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timeaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge2004006008001000SE +/- 2.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3971.61217.01190.58429.75802.18107.69125.531. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compileaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge400800120016002000SE +/- 12.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 3.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 3SE +/- 1.48, N = 3927.98407.21374.75812.661685.11233.92211.43

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To Compileaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge2004006008001000SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 2.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 4366.94209.09179.52360.01821.76123.8897.99

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solveraxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge30060090012001500SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 7.49, N = 6SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3637.91364.09744.23758.05320.44593.281268.271. (CC) gcc options: -O3

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholdingaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge1428425670SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 321403320104661-lXext -lX11 -lbz21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Resizingaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 333534529145791-lXext -lX11 -lbz21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Sharpenaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge918273645SE +/- 0.67, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3181717852839-lXext -lX11 -lbz21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video Encodingaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge1428425670SE +/- 0.11, N = 10SE +/- 0.50, N = 10SE +/- 0.17, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.07, N = 5SE +/- 0.37, N = 5SE +/- 0.14, N = 52.8731.6530.4016.337.6148.1060.82-m64-m64-m641. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: MD5axfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge6K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 296.00, N = 6SE +/- 407.59, N = 6SE +/- 24.98, N = 3SE +/- 216.04, N = 3SE +/- 131.34, N = 4SE +/- 44.54, N = 3SE +/- 397.43, N = 512606153581755616432852918224268921. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge200M400M600M800M1000MSE +/- 18764.62, N = 3SE +/- 113913.03, N = 6SE +/- 26822.46, N = 3SE +/- 19333.33, N = 3SE +/- 12265668.90, N = 6SE +/- 210894.88, N = 6SE +/- 9527.74, N = 31498667495566738606672146667895772333810350082406671. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Blowfishaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge400800120016002000SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.18, N = 3SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.98, N = 6SE +/- 60.15, N = 6SE +/- 7.00, N = 342812161076432252198920741. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence Alignmentaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge20406080100SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 6SE +/- 0.43, N = 4SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 6SE +/- 0.22, N = 662.3828.1426.6442.9097.5316.4711.941. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Searchaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge70140210280350SE +/- 41.32, N = 6SE +/- 1.08, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3305.3655.7757.56116.91248.2937.7128.271. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routineaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge9001800270036004500SE +/- 28.99, N = 3SE +/- 39.69, N = 6SE +/- 11.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.36, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 3SE +/- 16.05, N = 3SE +/- 8.15, N = 32002.361764.882599.042509.431244.622523.434203.54-m64 -O2 -fPIC-m64 -O2 -fPIC-m64 -O2 -fPIC-m64 -O2 -fPIC-m64 -O2 -fPIC-m64 -O2 -fPIC1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt

Dolfyn

Computational Fluid Dynamics

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid Dynamicsaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 376.3363.8155.5954.76128.7567.7432.28

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction Performanceaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge400800120016002000SE +/- 11.37, N = 3SE +/- 25.05, N = 4SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 11.19, N = 6SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 17.00, N = 3157168416051503416128420491. (CC) gcc options: -O3

AIO-Stress

Test: Random Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random Writeaxfone.cz VPS config1bluehost vpsm1.largem1.mediumm1.smallm1.xlargem3.xlarge400800120016002000SE +/- 0.64, N = 6SE +/- 19.30, N = 6SE +/- 29.60, N = 6SE +/- 3.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 70.49, N = 6SE +/- 269.82, N = 611.64391.76195.9659.0435.29693.571766.911. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio


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