Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Amazon Ec2 vs NeCTAR Melbourne m1.small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m3.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor nectar.m1.small: Processor: AMD Opteron 62xx class @ 2.60GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-70-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 35.29 |= m1.medium ....... 59.04 |== m1.large ........ 195.96 |====== m1.xlarge ....... 693.57 |==================== m3.xlarge ....... 1766.91 |==================================================== nectar.m1.small . 35.66 |= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 416 |========== m1.medium ....... 1503 |===================================== m1.large ........ 1605 |======================================== m1.xlarge ....... 1284 |================================ m3.xlarge ....... 2049 |=================================================== nectar.m1.small . 2212 |======================================================= Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 128.75 |===================================================== m1.medium ....... 54.76 |======================= m1.large ........ 55.59 |======================= m1.xlarge ....... 67.74 |============================ m3.xlarge ....... 32.28 |============= nectar.m1.small . 54.85 |======================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 1244.62 |=============== m1.medium ....... 2509.43 |=============================== m1.large ........ 2599.04 |================================ m1.xlarge ....... 2523.43 |=============================== m3.xlarge ....... 4203.54 |==================================================== nectar.m1.small . 2459.64 |============================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 248.29 |===================================================== m1.medium ....... 116.91 |========================= m1.large ........ 57.56 |============ m1.xlarge ....... 37.71 |======== m3.xlarge ....... 28.27 |====== nectar.m1.small . 97.16 |===================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 97.53 |====================================================== m1.medium ....... 42.90 |======================== m1.large ........ 26.64 |=============== m1.xlarge ....... 16.47 |========= m3.xlarge ....... 11.94 |======= nectar.m1.small . 40.80 |======================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 252 |======= m1.medium ....... 432 |=========== m1.large ........ 1076 |============================= m1.xlarge ....... 1989 |===================================================== m3.xlarge ....... 2074 |======================================================= nectar.m1.small . 678 |================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 895772333 |================================================== m1.medium ....... 2146667 | m1.large ........ 3860667 | m1.xlarge ....... 8103500 | m3.xlarge ....... 8240667 | nectar.m1.small . 2765333 | John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 8529 |================= m1.medium ....... 16432 |================================= m1.large ........ 17556 |=================================== m1.xlarge ....... 18224 |===================================== m3.xlarge ....... 26892 |====================================================== nectar.m1.small . 18032 |==================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small .. 7.61 |======== m1.medium . 16.33 |================ m1.large .. 30.40 |============================== m1.xlarge . 48.10 |=============================================== m3.xlarge . 60.82 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small .. 5 |======== m1.medium . 8 |============= m1.large .. 17 |=========================== m1.xlarge . 28 |============================================= m3.xlarge . 39 |=============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small .. 14 |========== m1.medium . 29 |==================== m1.large .. 45 |=============================== m1.xlarge . 57 |======================================= m3.xlarge . 91 |=============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small .. 10 |========== m1.medium . 20 |===================== m1.large .. 33 |================================== m1.xlarge . 46 |================================================ m3.xlarge . 61 |=============================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 320.44 |============= m1.medium ....... 758.05 |=============================== m1.large ........ 744.23 |=============================== m1.xlarge ....... 593.28 |======================== m3.xlarge ....... 1268.27 |==================================================== nectar.m1.small . 344.14 |============== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small .. 821.76 |=========================================================== m1.medium . 360.01 |========================== m1.large .. 179.52 |============= m1.xlarge . 123.88 |========= m3.xlarge . 97.99 |======= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 1685.11 |==================================================== m1.medium ....... 812.66 |========================= m1.large ........ 374.75 |============ m1.xlarge ....... 233.92 |======= m3.xlarge ....... 211.43 |======= nectar.m1.small . 693.77 |===================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 802.18 |===================================================== m1.medium ....... 429.75 |============================ m1.large ........ 190.58 |============= m1.xlarge ....... 107.69 |======= m3.xlarge ....... 125.53 |======== nectar.m1.small . 369.56 |======================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 206.23 |===================================================== m1.medium ....... 80.44 |===================== m1.large ........ 44.50 |=========== m1.xlarge ....... 19.54 |===== m3.xlarge ....... 18.97 |===== nectar.m1.small . 67.82 |================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 2669 |======================================================= m1.medium ....... 1286 |=========================== m1.large ........ 635 |============= m1.xlarge ....... 331 |======= m3.xlarge ....... 265 |===== nectar.m1.small . 1061 |====================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 336.84 |===================================================== m1.medium ....... 168.41 |========================== m1.large ........ 152.12 |======================== m1.xlarge ....... 169.75 |=========================== m3.xlarge ....... 97.60 |=============== nectar.m1.small . 155.90 |========================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 29.64 |====================================================== m1.medium ....... 12.47 |======================= m1.large ........ 13.94 |========================= m1.xlarge ....... 14.60 |=========================== m3.xlarge ....... 7.37 |============= nectar.m1.small . 11.22 |==================== FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small .. 122.54 |=========================================================== m1.medium . 57.46 |============================ m1.large .. 34.35 |================= m1.xlarge . 28.53 |============== m3.xlarge . 19.71 |========= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 1000.52 |==================================================== m1.medium ....... 457.55 |======================== m1.large ........ 238.75 |============ m1.xlarge ....... 114.65 |====== m3.xlarge ....... 98.47 |===== nectar.m1.small . 390.34 |==================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........ 2997 |======================================================= m1.medium ....... 1557 |============================= m1.large ........ 1450 |=========================== m1.xlarge ....... 1620 |============================== m3.xlarge ....... 933 |================= nectar.m1.small . 1200 |====================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........ 21.13 |============ m1.medium ....... 55.77 |================================ m1.large ........ 44.43 |========================== m1.xlarge ....... 43.23 |========================= m3.xlarge ....... 93.40 |====================================================== nectar.m1.small . 62.67 |====================================