Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performance Comparison

New Amazon c3.large vs. c3.xlarge vs. c3.2xlarge vs. c3.4xlarge vs. c3.8xlarge instance type with Ivy Bridge CPUs being benchmarked at Phoronix by Michael Larabel for a future article. Compared to various systems locally.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1311209-SO-AMAZONEC351.

Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performance ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores)TYAN S2927/S2927-ENVIDIA MCP554096MB64GB AGILITY-EXAMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBATI R6xx HDMIAcer P243WUbuntu 13.103.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3radeon 7.2.03.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8ext41920x1200AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores)MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz)Realtek ALC887-VDRealtek RTL8111/8168/84113.11.0-13-generic (x86_64)NVIDIA 304.883.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.2-7ubuntu11920x1080AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD RD890 bridge8192MB64GB OCZ AGILITYSapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MBRealtek ALC889VA2431Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)radeon 7.2.03.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores)MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core320GB Seagate ST3320620ASSapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBRealtek ALC892Acer P243WRealtek RTL8111/8168/84113.11.0-11-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.13.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.21920x1200Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores)4096MB8GB3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)Xen 4.2.amazon HypervisorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores)8192MBGCC 4.8Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores)15360MBIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores)30720MBIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (32 Cores)60416MBOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- AMD Opteron 2384, AMD FX-8150, AMD FX-8350, Intel Core i7 4960X, c3.xlarge, c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- AMD Opteron 2384, AMD FX-8150, AMD FX-8350, Intel Core i7 4960X: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandOpenCL Details- AMD FX-8150: GPU Compute Cores: 32System Details- AMD FX-8150: GPU Compute Cores: 32.

Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performance Comparisonparboil: OpenMP LBMparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP Stenclparboil: OpenMP MRI Griddingrodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverrodinia: OpenMP Streamclusterjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File CompressionAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge545.8243.0994.0479.08234.5467.0529669546000167.4054.1316.30276.3720.4741.94321.3389.8440.60641517224333100.3429.977.49234.8217.4039.13256.2982.9533.8671201916866783.6125.866.57239.1510.3635.6851.9266.2332.6589221489166762.2821.645.21938.5369.03123.4914.34403.02100.8712472095333487.69141.8134.96483.2435.3467.6728.29205.1452.6525124190667244.6770.8717.54255.0018.5834.5344.74104.4228.0350238354000125.8735.448.97133.719.5719.0170.8756.4418.25100131677700069.9717.734.6668.805.3711.96144.1128.6113.49199683312800040.388.91OpenBenchmarking.org

Parboil

Test: OpenMP LBM

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge2004006008001000SE +/- 1.90, N = 3SE +/- 4.27, N = 3SE +/- 2.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 3.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3545.82276.37234.82239.15938.53483.24255.00133.7168.801. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP CUTCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge1530456075SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 343.0920.4717.4010.3669.0335.3418.589.575.371. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP Stencl

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP StenclAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 5SE +/- 0.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 694.0441.9439.1335.68123.4967.6734.5319.0111.961. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI GriddingAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge70140210280350SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.71, N = 6SE +/- 1.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 379.08321.33256.2951.9214.3428.2944.7470.87144.111. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP CFD Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD SolverAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge90180270360450SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3234.5489.8482.9566.23403.02205.14104.4256.4428.611. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP Streamcluster

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP StreamclusterAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 367.0540.6033.8632.65100.8752.6528.0318.2513.491. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: BlowfishAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 10.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.33, N = 3SE +/- 16.67, N = 3SE +/- 33.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3296664157120892212472512502310013199681. (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 DESAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge7M14M21M28M35MSE +/- 46758.24, N = 3SE +/- 10666.67, N = 3SE +/- 50190.75, N = 3SE +/- 49666.67, N = 3SE +/- 6119.19, N = 3SE +/- 19333.33, N = 3SE +/- 17000.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3954600017224333191686671489166720953334190667835400016777000331280001. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge110220330440550SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 5167.40100.3483.6162.28487.69244.67125.8769.9740.38

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 354.1329.9725.8621.64141.8170.8735.4417.738.91-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlarge816243240SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 316.307.496.575.2134.9617.548.974.661. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

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