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

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 AMIProcessorMemoryDiskOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerRHEL 6.4Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09SUSE Linux Enterprise 11Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores)15360MB6GBRedHatEnterpriseServer 6.42.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.4.7 20120313ext4Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor8GBAmazon Linux AMI 2013.093.4.62-53.42.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.6.3 20120306Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores)16384MB10GBSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 113.0.82-0.7-ec2 (x86_64)GCC 4.3ext3OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler 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 AMIffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5postmark: Disk Transaction Performancerodinia: OpenMP Leukocyterodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverrodinia: OpenMP Streamclusterdolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicspolybench-c: Covariance Computationpolybench-c: Correlation Computationpolybench-c: 3 Matrix Multiplicationshmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File CompressionRHEL 6.4Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09SUSE Linux Enterprise 114355.771214.5419077279333243921685103.46224.4456.8536.666.716.7225.6627.6013.10238.34131.6119.933986.601199.4219757940333268602055100.77247.4655.7433.506.686.7225.6829.2412.43210.61129.5619.144043.541189.83197279513331853377988.75227.3154.146.396.3924.7125.4612.28118.5418.55OpenBenchmarking.org

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineRHEL 6.4SUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.099001800270036004500SE +/- 14.72, N = 3SE +/- 71.29, N = 6SE +/- 51.13, N = 34355.774043.543986.60-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverRHEL 6.4Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09SUSE Linux Enterprise 1130060090012001500SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 31214.541199.421189.831. (CC) gcc options: -O3

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: BlowfishAmazon Linux AMI 2013.09SUSE Linux Enterprise 11RHEL 6.4400800120016002000SE +/- 33.08, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.67, N = 31975197219071. (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 DESSUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.42M4M6M8M10MSE +/- 35964.49, N = 3SE +/- 21666.67, N = 3SE +/- 63024.69, N = 37951333794033372793331. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: MD5Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.4SUSE Linux Enterprise 116K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 140.68, N = 3SE +/- 60.53, N = 3SE +/- 24.69, N = 32686024392185331. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceAmazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.4SUSE Linux Enterprise 11400800120016002000SE +/- 5.67, N = 3SE +/- 4.00, N = 3SE +/- 15.11, N = 6205516857791. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP Leukocyte

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP LeukocyteSUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.420406080100SE +/- 1.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 388.75100.77103.461. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP CFD Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD SolverRHEL 6.4SUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.0950100150200250SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3224.44227.31247.461. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP Streamcluster

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP StreamclusterSUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.41326395265SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 354.1455.7456.851. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp

Dolfyn

Computational Fluid Dynamics

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsAmazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.4816243240SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 333.5036.66

PolyBench-C

Test: Covariance Computation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: Covariance ComputationSUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.4246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 36.396.686.711. (CC) gcc options: -O3

PolyBench-C

Test: Correlation Computation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: Correlation ComputationSUSE Linux Enterprise 11RHEL 6.4Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09246810SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 36.396.726.721. (CC) gcc options: -O3

PolyBench-C

Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: 3 Matrix MultiplicationsSUSE Linux Enterprise 11RHEL 6.4Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 324.7125.6625.681. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchSUSE Linux Enterprise 11RHEL 6.4Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09714212835SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 325.4627.6029.241. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentSUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.43691215SE +/- 0.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.22, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 312.2812.4313.101. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileAmazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.450100150200250SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3210.61238.34

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeSUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.4306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3118.54129.56131.611. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionSUSE Linux Enterprise 11Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09RHEL 6.4510152025SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 318.5519.1419.931. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

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