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 c-ray: Total Time dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver john-the-ripper: Blowfish john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression polybench-c: Covariance Computation polybench-c: Correlation Computation polybench-c: 3 Matrix Multiplications postmark: Disk Transaction Performance rodinia: OpenMP Leukocyte rodinia: OpenMP CFD Solver rodinia: OpenMP Streamcluster hmmer: Pfam Database Search build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 131.61 36.66 4355.77 1214.54 1907 7279333 24392 19.93 6.71 6.72 25.66 1685 103.46 224.44 56.85 27.60 238.34 13.10 129.56 33.50 3986.60 1199.42 1975 7940333 26860 19.14 6.68 6.72 25.68 2055 100.77 247.46 55.74 29.24 210.61 12.43 118.54 4043.54 1189.83 1972 7951333 18533 18.55 6.39 6.39 24.71 779 88.75 227.31 54.14 25.46 12.28 OpenBenchmarking.org
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
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 RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 14.72, N = 3 SE +/- 51.13, N = 3 SE +/- 71.29, N = 6 4355.77 3986.60 4043.54 -m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 1214.54 1199.42 1189.83 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 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 6.67, N = 3 SE +/- 33.08, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 1907 1975 1972 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
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
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 60.53, N = 3 SE +/- 140.68, N = 3 SE +/- 24.69, N = 3 24392 26860 18533 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
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
PolyBench-C Test: Correlation Computation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 6.72 6.72 6.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PolyBench-C Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 25.66 25.68 24.71 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 4.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5.67, N = 3 SE +/- 15.11, N = 6 1685 2055 779 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
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
Rodinia Test: OpenMP CFD Solver OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 224.44 247.46 227.31 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp
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
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search RHEL 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 27.60 29.24 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
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
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