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&gru&sor.

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 Comparisonjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESparboil: OpenMP LBMparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP Stenclparboil: OpenMP MRI Griddingrodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverrodinia: OpenMP Streamclusterbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File CompressionAMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlarge29669546000545.8243.0994.0479.08234.5467.05167.4054.1316.30641517224333276.3720.4741.94321.3389.8440.60100.3429.977.49712019168667234.8217.4039.13256.2982.9533.8683.6125.866.57892214891667239.1510.3635.6851.9266.2332.6562.2821.645.2112472095333938.5369.03123.4914.34403.02100.87487.69141.8134.9625124190667483.2435.3467.6728.29205.1452.65244.6770.8717.5450238354000255.0018.5834.5344.74104.4228.03125.8735.448.971001316777000133.719.5719.0170.8756.4418.2569.9717.734.66199683312800068.805.3711.96144.1128.6113.4940.388.91OpenBenchmarking.org

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Blowfishc3.8xlargec3.4xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.2xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.xlargec3.large4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 33.33, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.67, N = 3SE +/- 10.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3199681001389227120641550232966251212471. (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 DESc3.8xlargeAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.4xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD Opteron 2384c3.2xlargec3.xlargec3.large7M14M21M28M35MSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 50190.75, N = 3SE +/- 10666.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 49666.67, N = 3SE +/- 46758.24, N = 3SE +/- 17000.00, N = 3SE +/- 19333.33, N = 3SE +/- 6119.19, N = 3331280001916866717224333167770001489166795460008354000419066720953331. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

Parboil

Test: OpenMP LBM

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMc3.8xlargec3.4xlargeAMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xc3.2xlargeAMD FX-8150c3.xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.large2004006008001000SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 2.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 4.27, N = 3SE +/- 3.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 368.80133.71234.82239.15255.00276.37483.24545.82938.531. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP CUTCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPc3.8xlargec3.4xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8350c3.2xlargeAMD FX-8150c3.xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.large1530456075SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 35.379.5710.3617.4018.5820.4735.3443.0969.031. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP Stencl

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP Stenclc3.8xlargec3.4xlargec3.2xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.large306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 6SE +/- 0.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.54, N = 5SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 311.9619.0134.5335.6839.1341.9467.6794.04123.491. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI Griddingc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargeIntel Core i7 4960Xc3.4xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.8xlargeAMD FX-8350AMD FX-815070140210280350SE +/- 0.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.71, N = 6SE +/- 1.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 314.3428.2944.7451.9270.8779.08144.11256.29321.331. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP CFD Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD Solverc3.8xlargec3.4xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.2xlargec3.xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.large90180270360450SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 328.6156.4466.2382.9589.84104.42205.14234.54403.021. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP Streamcluster

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP Streamclusterc3.8xlargec3.4xlargec3.2xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.large20406080100SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 313.4918.2528.0332.6533.8640.6052.6567.05100.871. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilec3.8xlargeIntel Core i7 4960Xc3.4xlargeAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.2xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.xlargec3.large110220330440550SE +/- 0.57, N = 5SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 340.3862.2869.9783.61100.34125.87167.40244.67487.69

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timec3.8xlargec3.4xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.2xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.xlargec3.large306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 38.9117.7321.6425.8629.9735.4454.1370.87141.81-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 Compressionc3.4xlargeIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8150c3.2xlargeAMD Opteron 2384c3.xlargec3.large816243240SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 34.665.216.577.498.9716.3017.5434.961. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

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