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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
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 |================================
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 |==
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 |=====================
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 |====================
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 |===========
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 |=====================================
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 |=====================
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 |======================================
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 |=====================================
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 |===
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 |=============================
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 |==
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 |==========================================================
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 |=====================
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 |==
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 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 |===
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 |=====
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 |==================================