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/1404307-PL-1311209SO06&gru&rdt.

Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performance ComparisonProcessorMemoryDiskMotherboardChipsetGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelFile-SystemSystem LayerCompilerDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLScreen Resolutionc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960XmystackIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores)4096MB8GBUbuntu 13.103.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)ext4Xen 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)60416MBAMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores)MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x04096MB500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz)Realtek ALC887-VDRealtek RTL8111/8168/84113.11.0-13-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3NVIDIA 304.883.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.2-7ubuntu11920x1080AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores)TYAN S2927/S2927-ENVIDIA MCP5564GB AGILITY-EXAMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBATI R6xx HDMIAcer P243W3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)radeon 7.2.03.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.81920x1200AMD 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 Connection1920x1080Intel 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 E7- 2850 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores)Intel 440BXIntel 440BX/ZX/DX1 x 4096 MB DRAM21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual diskVMware SVGA IIVMware VMXNET3RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.52.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.4.7 20120313VMwareOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- c3.xlarge: --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 - c3.2xlarge: --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 - c3.4xlarge: --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 - 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 - AMD FX-8150: --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 - AMD Opteron 2384: --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 - AMD FX-8350: --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 - Intel Core i7 4960X: --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 - mystack: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ppl --with-tune=genericProcessor Details- AMD FX-8150, AMD Opteron 2384, 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 Compressionc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack12472095333938.5369.03123.4914.34403.02100.87487.69141.8134.9625124190667483.2435.3467.6728.29205.1452.65244.6770.8717.5450238354000255.0018.5834.5344.74104.4228.03125.8735.448.971001316777000133.719.5719.0170.8756.4418.2569.9717.734.66199683312800068.805.3711.96144.1128.6113.4940.388.91641517224333276.3720.4741.94321.3389.8440.60100.3429.977.4929669546000545.8243.0994.0479.08234.5467.05167.4054.1316.30712019168667234.8217.4039.13256.2982.9533.8683.6125.866.57892214891667239.1510.3635.6851.9266.2332.6562.2821.645.2149334293331991.22164.30167.0275.06869.94233.13765.58445.9473.76OpenBenchmarking.org

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Blowfishc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.33, N = 3SE +/- 16.67, N = 3SE +/- 33.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 10.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.79, N = 3124725125023100131996864152966712089224931. (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.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack7M14M21M28M35MSE +/- 6119.19, N = 3SE +/- 19333.33, N = 3SE +/- 17000.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 10666.67, N = 3SE +/- 46758.24, N = 3SE +/- 50190.75, N = 3SE +/- 49666.67, N = 3SE +/- 5333.33, N = 32095333419066783540001677700033128000172243339546000191686671489166734293331. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

Parboil

Test: OpenMP LBM

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack400800120016002000SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 3.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 4.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.90, N = 3SE +/- 2.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 2.18, N = 3938.53483.24255.00133.7168.80276.37545.82234.82239.151991.221. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP CUTCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack4080120160200SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 369.0335.3418.589.575.3720.4743.0917.4010.36164.301. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP Stencl

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP Stenclc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack4080120160200SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 5SE +/- 0.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 6SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 3123.4967.6734.5319.0111.9641.9494.0439.1335.68167.021. (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.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack70140210280350SE +/- 0.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.71, N = 6SE +/- 1.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 614.3428.2944.7470.87144.11321.3379.08256.2951.9275.061. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP CFD Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD Solverc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack2004006008001000SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3403.02205.14104.4256.4428.6189.84234.5482.9566.23869.94-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O3 -fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options:

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP Streamcluster

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP Streamclusterc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack50100150200250SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3100.8752.6528.0318.2513.4940.6067.0533.8632.65233.13-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O3 -fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options:

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilec3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack170340510680850SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 5SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3487.69244.67125.8769.9740.38100.34167.4083.6162.28765.58

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timec3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargec3.8xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack100200300400500SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3141.8170.8735.4417.738.9129.9754.1325.8621.64445.941. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compressionc3.largec3.xlargec3.2xlargec3.4xlargeAMD FX-8150AMD Opteron 2384AMD FX-8350Intel Core i7 4960Xmystack1632486480SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.73, N = 334.9617.548.974.667.4916.306.575.2173.761. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4