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 bluehost vps: Processor: AMD Opteron 6274 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 60GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4 axfone.cz VPS config1: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 512 MB RAM, Disk: 13GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Debian 6.0.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-686 (i686), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3, System Layer: QEMU 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 |================================================ bluehost vps .......... 61.38 |================================ axfone.cz VPS config1 . 15.37 |======== 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 |=============== bluehost vps .......... 1307 |===================== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 1262 |===================== 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 |===== bluehost vps .......... 188.95 |========= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 449.19 |===================== 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 |======== bluehost vps .......... 36.15 |============== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 77.85 |============================== 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 |============ bluehost vps .......... 12.20 |==================== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 18.82 |============================== 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 |============== bluehost vps .......... 164.33 |======================= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 0.02 | 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 |===== bluehost vps .......... 586 |=========== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 1323 |======================== 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 |==== bluehost vps .......... 38.10 |========= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 134.67 |=============================== 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 |====== bluehost vps .......... 217.01 |========== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 971.61 |=============================================== 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 |====== bluehost vps .......... 407.21 |=========== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 927.98 |========================= 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 |====== bluehost vps .......... 209.09 |============ axfone.cz VPS config1 . 366.94 |===================== 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 |============================================== bluehost vps .......... 364.09 |============= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 637.91 |======================= 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 |=================================================== bluehost vps .......... 40 |================================= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 21 |================== 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 |=================================================== bluehost vps .......... 53 |============================== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 33 |================== 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 |=================================================== bluehost vps .......... 17 |====================== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 18 |======================== 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 |================================================ bluehost vps .......... 31.65 |========================= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 2.87 |== 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 |================================================ bluehost vps .......... 15358 |=========================== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 12606 |======================= 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 | bluehost vps .......... 4955667 | axfone.cz VPS config1 . 1498667 | 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 |================================================= bluehost vps .......... 1216 |============================= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 428 |========== 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 |====== bluehost vps .......... 28.14 |============== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 62.38 |=============================== 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 |==== bluehost vps .......... 55.77 |========= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 305.36 |=============================================== 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 |============================================== bluehost vps .......... 1764.88 |=================== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 2002.36 |====================== 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 |============ bluehost vps .......... 63.81 |======================= axfone.cz VPS config1 . 76.33 |============================ 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 |================================================= bluehost vps .......... 1684 |======================================== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 157 |==== 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 |============================================== bluehost vps .......... 391.76 |========== axfone.cz VPS config1 . 11.64 |