Amazon EC2 Cloud Instance Benchmars Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Benchmarks of various instances of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64 64-bit for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. m1.small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor c1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.33GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor m1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-kaos_droplet Hypervisor m1.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor m1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m2.2xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon X5550 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 34816MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor c1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor e5-2680v2-256GB: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (40 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRW v0123456789, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 258048MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Matrox s G200eR2, Network: Intel I350 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 187.33 |= c1.medium ....... 569.42 |=== m1.medium ....... 385.85 |== m1.large ........ 496.85 |=== m1.xlarge ....... 1409.64 |======== m2.2xlarge ...... 1408.46 |======== c1.xlarge ....... 933.49 |===== e5-2680v2-256GB . 8993.60 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 9.36 | c1.medium ....... 39.16 |== m1.medium ....... 18.94 |= m1.large ........ 30.47 |== m1.xlarge ....... 75.88 |==== m2.2xlarge ...... 96.42 |===== c1.xlarge ....... 161.52 |======== e5-2680v2-256GB . 1020.91 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 397.97 |= c1.medium ....... 1316.97 |=== m1.medium ....... 808.74 |== m1.large ........ 1194.93 |== m1.xlarge ....... 3111.62 |====== m2.2xlarge ...... 3548.54 |======= c1.xlarge ....... 4107.67 |======== e5-2680v2-256GB . 25804.18 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 724.34 |= c1.medium ....... 2324.84 |=== m1.medium ....... 1509.91 |== m1.large ........ 1812.82 |== m1.xlarge ....... 5630.69 |======= m2.2xlarge ...... 6127.37 |======== c1.xlarge ....... 7470.65 |========= e5-2680v2-256GB . 40625.59 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 373.96 |= c1.medium ....... 1422.00 |==== m1.medium ....... 756.56 |== m1.large ........ 1114.33 |=== m1.xlarge ....... 2947.66 |======= m2.2xlarge ...... 3326.29 |======== c1.xlarge ....... 2448.67 |====== e5-2680v2-256GB . 20282.69 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 511.78 |= c1.medium ....... 1423.97 |=== m1.medium ....... 1042.84 |== m1.large ........ 1355.78 |=== m1.xlarge ....... 3874.78 |======= m2.2xlarge ...... 3848.64 |======= c1.xlarge ....... 3711.41 |======= e5-2680v2-256GB . 26480.46 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 3.44 |= c1.medium ....... 8.17 |== m1.medium ....... 7.11 |== m1.large ........ 8.80 |=== m1.xlarge ....... 26.21 |======== m2.2xlarge ...... 26.48 |======== c1.xlarge ....... 32.26 |========== e5-2680v2-256GB . 176.69 |===================================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 189.00 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 87.76 |========================= m1.medium ....... 92.42 |========================== m1.large ........ 121.40 |================================== m1.xlarge ....... 93.34 |========================== m2.2xlarge ...... 71.77 |==================== c1.xlarge ....... 84.01 |======================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 53.38 |=============== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 1295.06 |================= c1.medium ....... 2962.60 |====================================== m1.medium ....... 2618.34 |================================== m1.large ........ 2097.56 |=========================== m1.xlarge ....... 2602.59 |================================= m2.2xlarge ...... 3465.06 |============================================= c1.xlarge ....... 2863.15 |===================================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 4044.42 |==================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 193.95 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 53.50 |=============== m1.medium ....... 94.96 |========================== m1.large ........ 67.20 |================== m1.xlarge ....... 25.37 |======= m2.2xlarge ...... 21.02 |====== c1.xlarge ....... 18.01 |===== e5-2680v2-256GB . 8.49 |== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 88.80 |=========================================================== c1.medium .. 26.50 |================== m1.medium .. 44.15 |============================= m1.large ... 33.04 |====================== m1.xlarge .. 13.97 |========= m2.2xlarge . 11.06 |======= c1.xlarge .. 9.10 |====== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 184.18 |========================================================== c1.medium .. 91.29 |============================= m1.medium .. 91.00 |============================= m1.large ... 66.86 |===================== m1.xlarge .. 32.82 |========== m2.2xlarge . 25.64 |======== c1.xlarge .. 26.84 |======== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 265 |= c1.medium ....... 1176 |=== m1.medium ....... 536 |= m1.large ........ 847 |== m1.xlarge ....... 2153 |===== m2.2xlarge ...... 2681 |====== c1.xlarge ....... 4500 |========== e5-2680v2-256GB . 24325 |====================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 2.75 |===== c1.medium ....... 8.46 |================ m1.medium ....... 5.54 |=========== m1.large ........ 6.03 |=========== m1.xlarge ....... 14.58 |============================ m2.2xlarge ...... 18.22 |=================================== c1.xlarge ....... 15.97 |============================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 28.48 |====================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 7.84 |== c1.medium ....... 25.85 |====== m1.medium ....... 16.01 |=== m1.large ........ 21.89 |===== m1.xlarge ....... 54.22 |============ m2.2xlarge ...... 66.13 |============== c1.xlarge ....... 98.06 |===================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 245.97 |===================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 11 |============ c1.medium .. 36 |====================================== m1.medium .. 22 |======================= m1.large ... 27 |============================ m1.xlarge .. 45 |=============================================== m2.2xlarge . 59 |============================================================== c1.xlarge .. 59 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 5 |======= c1.medium .. 17 |======================= m1.medium .. 9 |============ m1.large ... 12 |================ m1.xlarge .. 26 |=================================== m2.2xlarge . 34 |============================================== c1.xlarge .. 46 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 15 |=========== c1.medium .. 49 |====================================== m1.medium .. 30 |======================= m1.large ... 36 |============================ m1.xlarge .. 61 |=============================================== m2.2xlarge . 78 |============================================================ c1.xlarge .. 81 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 25 |================ c1.medium .. 72 |============================================= m1.medium .. 49 |=============================== m1.large ... 52 |================================= m1.xlarge .. 76 |================================================ m2.2xlarge . 99 |============================================================== c1.xlarge .. 94 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 5 |======= c1.medium .. 18 |========================= m1.medium .. 9 |============ m1.large ... 13 |================== m1.xlarge .. 27 |===================================== m2.2xlarge . 35 |================================================ c1.xlarge .. 45 |============================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 371.59 |=================== c1.medium ....... 672.37 |================================== m1.medium ....... 663.67 |================================== m1.large ........ 555.97 |============================ m1.xlarge ....... 717.94 |==================================== m2.2xlarge ...... 941.37 |================================================ c1.xlarge ....... 727.40 |===================================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 1027.20 |==================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 1720.44 |==================================================== c1.medium ....... 441.45 |============= m1.medium ....... 848.75 |========================== m1.large ........ 581.88 |================== m1.xlarge ....... 224.32 |======= m2.2xlarge ...... 184.93 |====== c1.xlarge ....... 119.26 |==== e5-2680v2-256GB . 25.87 |= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 775.61 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 194.72 |============= m1.medium ....... 381.11 |========================== m1.large ........ 233.89 |================ m1.xlarge ....... 95.04 |====== m2.2xlarge ...... 75.92 |===== c1.xlarge ....... 47.27 |=== e5-2680v2-256GB . 11.12 |= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 147.36 |========================================================== c1.medium .. 34.03 |============= m1.medium .. 72.81 |============================= m1.large ... 50.31 |==================== m1.xlarge .. 18.84 |======= m2.2xlarge . 15.91 |====== c1.xlarge .. 8.49 |=== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 635 |============================================================ c1.medium .. 140 |============= m1.medium .. 315 |============================== m1.large ... 649 |============================================================= m1.xlarge .. 78 |======= m2.2xlarge . 61 |====== c1.xlarge .. 34 |=== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 484.14 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 282.49 |=============================== m1.medium ....... 244.86 |=========================== m1.large ........ 370.07 |========================================= m1.xlarge ....... 234.31 |========================== m2.2xlarge ...... 208.42 |======================= c1.xlarge ....... 237.12 |========================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 169.65 |=================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 66.41 |====================================================== c1.medium ....... 28.57 |======================= m1.medium ....... 32.96 |=========================== m1.large ........ 39.34 |================================ m1.xlarge ....... 32.63 |=========================== m2.2xlarge ...... 24.66 |==================== c1.xlarge ....... 28.45 |======================= e5-2680v2-256GB . 18.11 |=============== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 565.81 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 233.15 |====================== m1.medium ....... 271.63 |========================= m1.large ........ 357.64 |================================== m1.xlarge ....... 273.68 |========================== m2.2xlarge ...... 206.03 |=================== c1.xlarge ....... 231.49 |====================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 161.73 |=============== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 308.33 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 131.58 |======================= m1.medium ....... 155.95 |=========================== m1.large ........ 193.82 |================================= m1.xlarge ....... 151.69 |========================== m2.2xlarge ...... 115.01 |==================== c1.xlarge ....... 131.10 |======================= e5-2680v2-256GB . 96.54 |================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 556.24 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 204.66 |==================== m1.medium ....... 275.50 |========================== m1.large ........ 351.18 |================================= m1.xlarge ....... 278.67 |=========================== m2.2xlarge ...... 201.83 |=================== c1.xlarge ....... 202.37 |=================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 157.69 |=============== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 682.87 |===================================================== c1.medium ....... 275.21 |===================== m1.medium ....... 342.24 |=========================== m1.large ........ 422.42 |================================= m1.xlarge ....... 343.51 |=========================== m2.2xlarge ...... 248.30 |=================== c1.xlarge ....... 277.17 |====================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 214.68 |================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 15.25 |=========== c1.medium ....... 34.18 |========================== m1.medium ....... 30.48 |======================= m1.large ........ 24.83 |=================== m1.xlarge ....... 30.80 |======================= m2.2xlarge ...... 40.88 |=============================== c1.xlarge ....... 34.25 |========================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 72.28 |====================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 318.20 |============== c1.medium ....... 641.33 |============================ m1.medium ....... 524.19 |======================= m1.large ........ 942.00 |========================================== m1.xlarge ....... 1002.64 |============================================ m2.2xlarge ...... 1177.58 |==================================================== c1.xlarge ....... 967.90 |=========================================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 804.74 |==================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 1600.37 |=== c1.medium ....... 7069.83 |=============== m1.medium ....... 2876.77 |====== m1.large ........ 5041.58 |=========== m1.xlarge ....... 9775.67 |===================== m2.2xlarge ...... 12736.50 |============================ c1.xlarge ....... 9313.08 |==================== e5-2680v2-256GB . 23475.03 |===================================================