Amazon Linux AMI EC2 vs. Intel Hardware Benchmarks
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances against a couple Intel Ivy Bridge and Haswell platforms. All benchmarks done by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com and OpenBenchmarking.org. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.


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

Core i3 3217U IvyBridge: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Core i7 4750HQ Haswell: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

id.pnjvm1: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 537GB Virtual disk

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.11.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware


OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 44.43  |================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 60.17  |======================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 121.83 |=============================================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 1450 |===============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 1414 |==============================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 744  |========================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 238.75 |=============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 164.90 |===============================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 47.26  |=========
id.pnjvm1 ............... 208.77 |=======================================


FFmpeg 2.0
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 34.35 |==============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 30.88 |=========================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 25.84 |===================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 13.94 |==============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 10.76 |====================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 5.60  |==================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 6.34  |=====================


Crafty 23.4
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 152.12 |============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 156.79 |=============================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 82.03  |========================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 94.11  |===========================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 635 |================================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 360 |===========================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 102 |========
id.pnjvm1 ............... 468 |===================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 44.50 |==============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 31.51 |=================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 7.92  |========
id.pnjvm1 ............... 33.72 |===================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 190.58 |=============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 114.46 |===========================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 28.32  |=======
id.pnjvm1 ............... 126.25 |==============================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 374.75 |=============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 356.83 |===========================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 88.11  |===========
id.pnjvm1 ............... 372.05 |=============================================


Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 179.52 |=======================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 205.80 |=============================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 56.09  |============
id.pnjvm1 ............... 194.56 |===========================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 744.23  |=====================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 784.96  |=======================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 1525.08 |============================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 1304.97 |======================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 33  |===============
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 41  |===================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 106 |================================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 46  |=====================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 45  |================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 60  |=====================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 139 |================================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 67  |=======================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 17 |============
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 25 |==================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 69 |=================================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 18 |=============


x264 2013-06-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 30.40  |=========
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 40.81  |============
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 151.73 |=============================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 43.62  |=============


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 17556 |========================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 18672 |=========================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 34124 |==============================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 32768 |============================================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 3860667 |====================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 2443667 |=============
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 8388000 |============================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 4065667 |=====================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 1076 |=========
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 1454 |=============
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 5406 |===============================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 1148 |==========


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 26.64 |==============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 18.81 |================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 5.76  |==========
id.pnjvm1 ............... 20.23 |===================================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 57.56 |==============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 39.68 |================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 11.59 |=========
id.pnjvm1 ............... 44.57 |====================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 2599.04 |=======================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 2717.60 |========================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 4962.37 |============================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 4572.74 |=========================================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
m1.large ................ 55.59 |==============================================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 51.62 |===========================================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 25.59 |=====================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 30.25 |=========================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 1605 |================
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 2124 |======================
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 4573 |===============================================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 3456 |====================================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
m1.large ................ 195.96  |======
Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 58.70   |==
Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 874.01  |=========================
id.pnjvm1 ............... 1517.05 |============================================