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.


AMD Opteron 2384: 

	Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

AMD FX-8150: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.2-7ubuntu1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

AMD FX-8350: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i7 4960X: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

c3.large: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.2xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.4xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores), Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.8xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (32 Cores), Memory: 60416MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Intel Core i7 4771: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS GRYPHON Z87, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10, Disk: 240GB Crucial_CT240M50, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2213 + DELL P2213, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

	OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.8-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131017 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 545.82 |============================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 276.37 |==============
AMD FX-8350 ......... 234.82 |============
Intel Core i7 4960X . 239.15 |============
c3.large ............ 938.53 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 483.24 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 255.00 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 133.71 |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 68.80  |====
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 224.84 |============


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 43.09 |===============================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 20.47 |===============
AMD FX-8350 ......... 17.40 |=============
Intel Core i7 4960X . 10.36 |========
c3.large ............ 69.03 |==================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 35.34 |==========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 18.58 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 9.57  |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 5.37  |====
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 14.79 |===========


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencl
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 94.04  |=====================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 41.94  |=================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 39.13  |================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 35.68  |==============
c3.large ............ 123.49 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 67.67  |===========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 34.53  |==============
c3.4xlarge .......... 19.01  |========
c3.8xlarge .......... 11.96  |=====
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 30.05  |============


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 79.08  |============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 321.33 |=================================================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 256.29 |=======================================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 51.92  |========
c3.large ............ 14.34  |==
c3.xlarge ........... 28.29  |====
c3.2xlarge .......... 44.74  |=======
c3.4xlarge .......... 70.87  |===========
c3.8xlarge .......... 144.11 |======================
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 47.37  |=======


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 234.54 |=============================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 89.84  |===========
AMD FX-8350 ......... 82.95  |==========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 66.23  |========
c3.large ............ 403.02 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 205.14 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 104.42 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 56.44  |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 28.61  |===
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 96.57  |============


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 67.05  |=================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 40.60  |====================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 33.86  |================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 32.65  |================
c3.large ............ 100.87 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 52.65  |==========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 28.03  |==============
c3.4xlarge .......... 18.25  |=========
c3.8xlarge .......... 13.49  |=======
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 35.25  |=================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 2966  |=======
AMD FX-8150 ......... 6415  |================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 7120  |==================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 8922  |======================
c3.large ............ 1247  |===
c3.xlarge ........... 2512  |======
c3.2xlarge .......... 5023  |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 10013 |=========================
c3.8xlarge .......... 19968 |==================================================
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 6128  |===============


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 9546000  |==============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 17224333 |========================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 19168667 |===========================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 14891667 |=====================
c3.large ............ 2095333  |===
c3.xlarge ........... 4190667  |======
c3.2xlarge .......... 8354000  |============
c3.4xlarge .......... 16777000 |========================
c3.8xlarge .......... 33128000 |===============================================
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 9884667  |==============


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 167.40 |=================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 100.34 |==========
AMD FX-8350 ......... 83.61  |========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 62.28  |======
c3.large ............ 487.69 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 244.67 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 125.87 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 69.97  |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 40.38  |====
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 71.00  |=======


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 54.13  |===================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 29.97  |==========
AMD FX-8350 ......... 25.86  |=========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 21.64  |=======
c3.large ............ 141.81 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 70.87  |========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 35.44  |============
c3.4xlarge .......... 17.73  |======
c3.8xlarge .......... 8.91   |===
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 23.36  |========


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 16.30 |=======================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 7.49  |===========
AMD FX-8350 ......... 6.57  |=========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 5.21  |=======
c3.large ............ 34.96 |==================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 17.54 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 8.97  |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 4.66  |=======
Intel Core i7 4771 .. 8.31  |============