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Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances. All benchmarks done by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com and OpenBenchmarking.org. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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
idcloud2.sm1:
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), OpenGL: 1.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware
idcloud2.l1:
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware
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 |=========================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 30.92 |=============================
idcloud2.l1 .. 53.52 |==================================================
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 |============================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 13 |====================
idcloud2.l1 .. 25 |======================================
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 |============================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 52 |==================================
idcloud2.l1 .. 80 |=====================================================
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 |============================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 36 |===================================
idcloud2.l1 .. 59 |==========================================================
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 |=======================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 401.77 |=============
idcloud2.l1 .. 531.96 |=================
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 |==================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 4658.20 |=======================================================
idcloud2.l1 .. 4619.24 |=======================================================
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 |=====================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 1325.81 |=======================================================
idcloud2.l1 .. 1323.23 |=======================================================
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 |==========================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 840 |=======================
idcloud2.l1 .. 1676 |===============================================
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 |
idcloud2.sm1 . 2061333 |
idcloud2.l1 .. 4098333 |
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 |===============================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 32018 |========================================================
idcloud2.l1 .. 32432 |=========================================================
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 |===================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 102.97 |========================================================
idcloud2.l1 .. 102.67 |========================================================
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 |===================================================
idcloud2.sm1 . 1560 |=======================================
idcloud2.l1 .. 2321 |==========================================================
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 |==============
idcloud2.sm1 . 30.17 |=============
idcloud2.l1 .. 30.28 |=============
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 |======
idcloud2.sm1 . 56.56 |=============
idcloud2.l1 .. 29.88 |=======
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 |=======
idcloud2.sm1 . 24.27 |==============
idcloud2.l1 .. 14.02 |========
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 |=======
idcloud2.sm1 . 249.70 |=================
idcloud2.l1 .. 130.37 |=========
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 |=======
idcloud2.sm1 . 566.37 |==================
idcloud2.l1 .. 294.27 |==========
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 |=========
idcloud2.sm1 . 161.75 |===========
idcloud2.l1 .. 82.25 |======
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 |=====
idcloud2.sm1 . 42.48 |============
idcloud2.l1 .. 21.73 |======
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 |======
idcloud2.sm1 . 602 |=============
idcloud2.l1 .. 297 |======
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 |================
idcloud2.sm1 . 92.27 |===============
idcloud2.l1 .. 93.49 |================
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 |==============
idcloud2.sm1 . 6.42 |============
idcloud2.l1 .. 6.43 |============
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 |=========
idcloud2.sm1 . 31.98 |===============
idcloud2.l1 .. 23.96 |===========
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 |=====
idcloud2.sm1 . 276.01 |===============
idcloud2.l1 .. 138.50 |========
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 |==================
idcloud2.sm1 . 823 |================
idcloud2.l1 .. 827 |================