Amazon EC2 RHEL vs. SUSE Linux vs. Amazon AMI Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. Amazon m3.xlarge EC2 Cloud benchmarks comparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 and Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 operating systems. Cloud benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.
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Amazon EC2 RHEL vs. SUSE Linux vs. Amazon AMI Processor Memory Disk OS Kernel Compiler File-System System Layer RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores) 15360MB 6GB RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.4 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GCC 4.4.7 20120313 ext4 Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor 8GB Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 3.4.62-53.42.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64) GCC 4.6.3 20120306 Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores) 16384MB 10GB SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 3.0.82-0.7-ec2 (x86_64) GCC 4.3 ext3 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - RHEL 6.4: --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 - Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09: --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 - SUSE Linux Enterprise 11: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-cpu=generic --with-slibdir=/lib64 --without-system-libunwind System Details - RHEL 6.4: SELinux: Enabled. Disk Mount Options Details - RHEL 6.4: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel - Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09: data=ordered,noatime,rw - SUSE Linux Enterprise 11: acl,barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Amazon EC2 RHEL vs. SUSE Linux vs. Amazon AMI postmark: Disk Transaction Performance john-the-ripper: MD5 rodinia: OpenMP Leukocyte hmmer: Pfam Database Search build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time rodinia: OpenMP CFD Solver dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine john-the-ripper: Traditional DES compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment polybench-c: Correlation Computation polybench-c: Covariance Computation rodinia: OpenMP Streamcluster polybench-c: 3 Matrix Multiplications john-the-ripper: Blowfish himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 1685 24392 103.46 27.60 238.34 131.61 224.44 36.66 4355.77 7279333 19.93 13.10 6.72 6.71 56.85 25.66 1907 1214.54 2055 26860 100.77 29.24 210.61 129.56 247.46 33.50 3986.60 7940333 19.14 12.43 6.72 6.68 55.74 25.68 1975 1199.42 779 18533 88.75 25.46 118.54 227.31 4043.54 7951333 18.55 12.28 6.39 6.39 54.14 24.71 1972 1189.83 OpenBenchmarking.org
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 15.11, N = 6 SE +/- 4.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5.67, N = 3 779 1685 2055 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 24.69, N = 3 SE +/- 60.53, N = 3 SE +/- 140.68, N = 3 18533 24392 26860 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
Rodinia Test: OpenMP Leukocyte OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 3 103.46 100.77 88.75 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 RHEL 6.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 29.24 27.60 25.46 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.96, N = 3 238.34 210.61
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 131.61 129.56 118.54 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Rodinia Test: OpenMP CFD Solver OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 RHEL 6.4 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 247.46 227.31 224.44 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 36.66 33.50
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 RHEL 6.4 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 51.13, N = 3 SE +/- 71.29, N = 6 SE +/- 14.72, N = 3 3986.60 4043.54 4355.77 -m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 2M 4M 6M 8M 10M SE +/- 63024.69, N = 3 SE +/- 21666.67, N = 3 SE +/- 35964.49, N = 3 7279333 7940333 7951333 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 19.93 19.14 18.55 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 6 13.10 12.43 12.28 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
PolyBench-C Test: Correlation Computation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 RHEL 6.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 6.72 6.72 6.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PolyBench-C Test: Covariance Computation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Covariance Computation RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 6.71 6.68 6.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Rodinia Test: OpenMP Streamcluster OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 56.85 55.74 54.14 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp
PolyBench-C Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 RHEL 6.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 25.68 25.66 24.71 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish RHEL 6.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 6.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 33.08, N = 6 1907 1972 1975 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 RHEL 6.4 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 SE +/- 1.47, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 1189.83 1199.42 1214.54 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
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