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 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.m1: 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 idcloud2.l1: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 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 idcloud1.sm1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.39GHz (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: 3.16.0-34-generic (x86_64), OpenGL: 1.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware idcloud1.m1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.39GHz (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: 3.16.0-34-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware idcloud1.l1: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.39GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-34-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ..... 35.29 |= m1.medium .... 59.04 |== m1.large ..... 195.96 |===== idcloud2.sm1 . 401.77 |=========== idcloud2.m1 .. 531.96 |=============== idcloud2.l1 .. 1961.23 |======================================================= idcloud1.sm1 . 19.43 |= idcloud1.m1 .. 47.32 |= idcloud1.l1 .. 1128.13 |================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ..... 416 |========= m1.medium .... 1503 |================================ m1.large ..... 1605 |================================== idcloud2.sm1 . 1560 |================================= idcloud2.m1 .. 2321 |================================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 2336 |================================================== idcloud1.sm1 . 2189 |=============================================== idcloud1.m1 .. 2161 |============================================== idcloud1.l1 .. 2718 |========================================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ..... 128.75 |======================================================== m1.medium .... 54.76 |======================== m1.large ..... 55.59 |======================== idcloud2.sm1 . 30.17 |============= idcloud2.m1 .. 30.28 |============= idcloud2.l1 .. 30.11 |============= idcloud1.sm1 . 46.95 |==================== idcloud1.m1 .. 47.53 |===================== idcloud1.l1 .. 46.96 |==================== 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 |=============================== idcloud2.sm1 . 4658.20 |======================================================= idcloud2.m1 .. 4619.24 |======================================================= idcloud2.l1 .. 4636.12 |======================================================= idcloud1.sm1 . 3283.28 |======================================= idcloud1.m1 .. 3213.72 |====================================== idcloud1.l1 .. 3096.52 |===================================== 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 |============= idcloud2.sm1 . 56.56 |============= idcloud2.m1 .. 29.88 |======= idcloud2.l1 .. 9.01 |== idcloud1.sm1 . 82.85 |=================== idcloud1.m1 .. 43.09 |========== idcloud1.l1 .. 14.28 |=== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ..... 97.53 |========================================================= m1.medium .... 42.90 |========================= m1.large ..... 26.64 |================ idcloud2.sm1 . 24.27 |============== idcloud2.m1 .. 14.02 |======== idcloud2.l1 .. 4.76 |=== idcloud1.sm1 . 36.15 |===================== idcloud1.m1 .. 21.27 |============ idcloud1.l1 .. 7.86 |===== 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 |========= idcloud2.sm1 . 840 |======= idcloud2.m1 .. 1676 |=============== idcloud2.l1 .. 6627 |========================================================== idcloud1.sm1 . 668 |====== idcloud1.m1 .. 1322 |============ idcloud1.l1 .. 4609 |======================================== 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 | idcloud2.sm1 . 2061333 | idcloud2.m1 .. 4098333 | idcloud2.l1 .. 16034000 |= idcloud1.sm1 . 1364667 | idcloud1.m1 .. 2639333 | idcloud1.l1 .. 9275167 |= 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 |=============================== idcloud2.sm1 . 32018 |======================================================== idcloud2.m1 .. 32432 |========================================================= idcloud2.l1 .. 32480 |========================================================= idcloud1.sm1 . 22400 |======================================= idcloud1.m1 .. 22576 |======================================== idcloud1.l1 .. 21352 |===================================== 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 |========= idcloud2.sm1 . 30.92 |========= idcloud2.m1 .. 53.52 |================ idcloud2.l1 .. 190.68 |======================================================== idcloud1.sm1 . 20.24 |====== idcloud1.m1 .. 34.48 |========== idcloud1.l1 .. 115.31 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ..... 5 |==== m1.medium .... 8 |======= m1.large ..... 17 |=============== idcloud2.sm1 . 13 |=========== idcloud2.m1 .. 25 |====================== idcloud2.l1 .. 69 |============================================================ idcloud1.sm1 . 12 |========== idcloud1.m1 .. 21 |================== idcloud1.l1 .. 53 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ..... 14 |====== m1.medium .... 29 |============= m1.large ..... 45 |==================== idcloud2.sm1 . 52 |======================= idcloud2.m1 .. 80 |=================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 135 |=========================================================== idcloud1.sm1 . 39 |================= idcloud1.m1 .. 57 |========================= idcloud1.l1 .. 89 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ..... 10 |===== m1.medium .... 20 |========== m1.large ..... 33 |================= idcloud2.sm1 . 36 |================== idcloud2.m1 .. 59 |============================== idcloud2.l1 .. 115 |=========================================================== idcloud1.sm1 . 27 |============== idcloud1.m1 .. 43 |====================== idcloud1.l1 .. 74 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ..... 320.44 |============= m1.medium .... 758.05 |=============================== m1.large ..... 744.23 |============================== idcloud2.sm1 . 1325.81 |====================================================== idcloud2.m1 .. 1323.23 |====================================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 1342.48 |======================================================= idcloud1.sm1 . 938.13 |====================================== idcloud1.m1 .. 845.83 |=================================== idcloud1.l1 .. 916.64 |====================================== 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 |============ idcloud2.sm1 . 249.70 |================= idcloud2.m1 .. 130.37 |========= idcloud2.l1 .. 44.25 |=== idcloud1.sm1 . 336.42 |======================= idcloud1.m1 .. 189.21 |============= idcloud1.l1 .. 70.43 |===== 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 |============ idcloud2.sm1 . 566.37 |================== idcloud2.m1 .. 294.27 |========== idcloud2.l1 .. 81.30 |=== idcloud1.sm1 . 680.31 |====================== idcloud1.m1 .. 382.56 |============ idcloud1.l1 .. 102.10 |=== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ..... 802.18 |======================================================== m1.medium .... 429.75 |============================== m1.large ..... 190.58 |============= idcloud2.sm1 . 161.75 |=========== idcloud2.m1 .. 82.25 |====== idcloud2.l1 .. 20.70 |= idcloud1.sm1 . 165.67 |============ idcloud1.m1 .. 85.16 |====== idcloud1.l1 .. 22.33 |== 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 |============ idcloud2.sm1 . 42.48 |============ idcloud2.m1 .. 21.73 |====== idcloud2.l1 .. 5.85 |== idcloud1.sm1 . 58.86 |================ idcloud1.m1 .. 31.75 |========= idcloud1.l1 .. 8.78 |== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ..... 2669 |========================================================== m1.medium .... 1286 |============================ m1.large ..... 635 |============== idcloud2.sm1 . 602 |============= idcloud2.m1 .. 297 |====== idcloud2.l1 .. 74 |== idcloud1.sm1 . 897 |=================== idcloud1.m1 .. 455 |========== idcloud1.l1 .. 115 |== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ..... 336.84 |======================================================== m1.medium .... 168.41 |============================ m1.large ..... 152.12 |========================= idcloud2.sm1 . 92.27 |=============== idcloud2.m1 .. 93.49 |================ idcloud2.l1 .. 91.51 |=============== idcloud1.sm1 . 126.94 |===================== idcloud1.m1 .. 132.88 |====================== idcloud1.l1 .. 128.92 |===================== 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 |=========================== idcloud2.sm1 . 6.42 |============ idcloud2.m1 .. 6.43 |============ idcloud2.l1 .. 6.39 |============ idcloud1.sm1 . 10.89 |===================== idcloud1.m1 .. 11.06 |===================== idcloud1.l1 .. 10.81 |===================== 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 |================ idcloud2.sm1 . 31.98 |=============== idcloud2.m1 .. 23.96 |=========== idcloud2.l1 .. 15.40 |======= idcloud1.sm1 . 46.15 |===================== idcloud1.m1 .. 35.38 |================ idcloud1.l1 .. 24.34 |=========== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ..... 1000.52 |======================================================= m1.medium .... 457.55 |========================= m1.large ..... 238.75 |============= idcloud2.sm1 . 276.01 |=============== idcloud2.m1 .. 138.50 |======== idcloud2.l1 .. 34.67 |== idcloud1.sm1 . 370.86 |==================== idcloud1.m1 .. 187.75 |========== idcloud1.l1 .. 47.39 |=== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ..... 2997 |========================================================== m1.medium .... 1557 |============================== m1.large ..... 1450 |============================ idcloud2.sm1 . 823 |================ idcloud2.m1 .. 827 |================ idcloud2.l1 .. 824 |================ idcloud1.sm1 . 1102 |===================== idcloud1.m1 .. 1110 |===================== idcloud1.l1 .. 1096 |===================== 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 |======================== idcloud2.sm1 . 102.97 |======================================================== idcloud2.m1 .. 102.67 |======================================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 102.57 |======================================================== idcloud1.sm1 . 54.37 |============================== idcloud1.m1 .. 54.00 |============================= idcloud1.l1 .. 53.20 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