Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks amazon-ami Cornetets 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 amazon-ami: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09, Kernel: 4.1.10-17.31.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon 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 |========================================================= amazon-ami . 40.03 |= 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 |============================================================ amazon-ami . 950 |============================ 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 |=============== amazon-ami . 32.08 |============== 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 |======================================================== amazon-ami . 4276.66 |========================================================= 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 |======= amazon-ami . 62.87 |=============== 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 |======= amazon-ami . 26.58 |================ 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 |============================================================ amazon-ami . 779 |======================= 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 |= amazon-ami . 1912333 | 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 |==================================================== amazon-ami . 30440 |=========================================================== 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 |=========================================================== amazon-ami . 28.49 |============================ 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 |========================================================= amazon-ami . 1240.16 |======================================================== 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 |======= amazon-ami . 480.84 |================ 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 |========= amazon-ami . 177.82 |============= 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 |===== amazon-ami . 49.84 |============== 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 |====== amazon-ami . 643 |============== 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 |================= 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 |=============== amazon-ami . 7.16 |============== 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 |====== amazon-ami . 289.59 |================ 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 |=================== amazon-ami . 907 |================== 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 |============================================================