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.
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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.
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
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 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-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
chk:
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: EVGA Classified SR-2, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 49152MB, Disk: 32GB SSDSA2SH032G1GN + 500GB Seagate ST3500630AS + 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (575/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit
OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.12-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.82, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 100.87 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 52.65 |==========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 28.03 |==============
c3.4xlarge .......... 18.25 |=========
c3.8xlarge .......... 13.49 |=======
AMD FX-8150 ......... 40.60 |====================
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 67.05 |=================================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 33.86 |================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 32.65 |================
chk ................. 34.87 |=================
John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
c3.large ............ 1247 |===
c3.xlarge ........... 2512 |======
c3.2xlarge .......... 5023 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 10013 |=========================
c3.8xlarge .......... 19968 |==================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 6415 |================
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 2966 |=======
AMD FX-8350 ......... 7120 |==================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 8922 |======================
chk ................. 13680 |==================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 141.81 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 70.87 |========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 35.44 |============
c3.4xlarge .......... 17.73 |======
c3.8xlarge .......... 8.91 |===
AMD FX-8150 ......... 29.97 |==========
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 54.13 |===================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 25.86 |=========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 21.64 |=======
chk ................. 9.08 |===
John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
c3.large ............ 2095333 |===
c3.xlarge ........... 4190667 |======
c3.2xlarge .......... 8354000 |============
c3.4xlarge .......... 16777000 |========================
c3.8xlarge .......... 33128000 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 17224333 |========================
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 9546000 |==============
AMD FX-8350 ......... 19168667 |===========================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 14891667 |=====================
chk ................. 23723333 |==================================
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 403.02 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 205.14 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 104.42 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 56.44 |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 28.61 |===
AMD FX-8150 ......... 89.84 |===========
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 234.54 |=============================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 82.95 |==========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 66.23 |========
chk ................. 45.95 |======
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 938.53 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 483.24 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 255.00 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 133.71 |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 68.80 |====
AMD FX-8150 ......... 276.37 |==============
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 545.82 |============================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 234.82 |============
Intel Core i7 4960X . 239.15 |============
chk ................. 116.59 |======
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 487.69 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 244.67 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 125.87 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 69.97 |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 40.38 |====
AMD FX-8150 ......... 100.34 |==========
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 167.40 |=================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 83.61 |========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 62.28 |======
chk ................. 36.57 |====
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 69.03 |==================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 35.34 |==========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 18.58 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 9.57 |=======
c3.8xlarge .......... 5.37 |====
AMD FX-8150 ......... 20.47 |===============
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 43.09 |===============================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 17.40 |=============
Intel Core i7 4960X . 10.36 |========
chk ................. 7.07 |=====
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 34.96 |==================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 17.54 |=========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 8.97 |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 4.66 |=======
AMD FX-8150 ......... 7.49 |===========
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 16.30 |=======================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 6.57 |=========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 5.21 |=======
chk ................. 3.17 |=====
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencl
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 123.49 |=================================================
c3.xlarge ........... 67.67 |===========================
c3.2xlarge .......... 34.53 |==============
c3.4xlarge .......... 19.01 |========
c3.8xlarge .......... 11.96 |=====
AMD FX-8150 ......... 41.94 |=================
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 94.04 |=====================================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 39.13 |================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 35.68 |==============
chk ................. 18.39 |=======
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
c3.large ............ 14.34 |==
c3.xlarge ........... 28.29 |====
c3.2xlarge .......... 44.74 |=======
c3.4xlarge .......... 70.87 |===========
c3.8xlarge .......... 144.11 |======================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 321.33 |=================================================
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 79.08 |============
AMD FX-8350 ......... 256.29 |=======================================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 51.92 |========
chk ................. 112.38 |=================