Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks macbookpro13i7vmubuntu4core 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 c4.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03, Kernel: 3.14.35-28.38.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon linode20: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 47GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 4.1.5-x86_64-linode61 (x86_64), File-System: ext3, System Layer: Xen 4.4.2-rc1 Hypervisor macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i7-5557U @ 3.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: vmware 13.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080, System Layer: VMware macbookpro13i74core: Processor: 4 x Intel Core i7-5557U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: vmware 13.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080, 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 |==== m1.xlarge ................... 693.57 |================ m3.xlarge ................... 1766.91 |======================================== c4.xlarge ................... 1222.69 |============================ linode20 .................... 531.76 |============ macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 187.03 |==== macbookpro13i74core ......... 317.73 |======= 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 |==================== c4.xlarge ................... 4335 |=========================================== linode20 .................... 1412 |============== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 2567 |========================= macbookpro13i74core ......... 3178 |================================ 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 |=============== c4.xlarge . 25.99 |============ 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 |================================= c4.xlarge ................... 4989.12 |======================================= linode20 .................... 3400.70 |========================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 4673.13 |==================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 5144.28 |======================================== 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 |===== c4.xlarge ................... 21.15 |=== linode20 .................... 43.39 |======= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 29.96 |===== macbookpro13i74core ......... 22.33 |==== 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 |===== c4.xlarge ................... 9.96 |==== linode20 .................... 19.11 |======== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 15.25 |======= macbookpro13i74core ......... 11.37 |===== 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 |=============================== c4.xlarge ................... 2843 |=========================================== linode20 .................... 1299 |==================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 1768 |=========================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 2592 |======================================= 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 | c4.xlarge ................... 4472000 | linode20 .................... 5635833 | macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 3759667 | macbookpro13i74core ......... 3232833 | 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 |================================= c4.xlarge ................... 34601 |========================================== linode20 .................... 22820 |============================ macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 34644 |========================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 30858 |===================================== 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 |=============================== c4.xlarge ................... 82.24 |========================================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 52.51 |=========================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 81.16 |========================================= 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 |========================= linode20 .................... 22 |============== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 62 |======================================= macbookpro13i74core ......... 71 |============================================= 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 |================================ linode20 .................... 62 |====================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 114 |======================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 125 |============================================ 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 |================================= linode20 .................... 51 |============================ macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 82 |============================================= macbookpro13i74core ......... 77 |========================================== 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 |============================= c4.xlarge ................... 1518.90 |================================== linode20 .................... 1063.89 |======================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 1627.33 |===================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 1766.12 |======================================== 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 |======= c4.xlarge . 151.69 |===== 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 |====== c4.xlarge ................... 52.93 |=== linode20 .................... 151.12 |======== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 65.07 |=== macbookpro13i74core ......... 54.34 |=== 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 |==== c4.xlarge ................... 14.84 |=== linode20 .................... 32.77 |======= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 24.39 |===== macbookpro13i74core ......... 17.69 |==== 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 |==== c4.xlarge ................... 189 |=== linode20 .................... 342 |====== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 250 |==== macbookpro13i74core ......... 176 |=== 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 |============ c4.xlarge ................... 83.61 |========== linode20 .................... 133.83 |================ macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 90.43 |=========== macbookpro13i74core ......... 85.24 |========== 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 |========== c4.xlarge ................... 5.51 |======== linode20 .................... 8.94 |============= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 5.31 |======== macbookpro13i74core ......... 5.07 |======= 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 |==== linode20 .................... 164.00 |======= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 133.43 |===== macbookpro13i74core ......... 87.99 |==== 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 |============= c4.xlarge ................... 741 |=========== linode20 .................... 1041 |=============== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 729 |========== macbookpro13i74core ......... 715 |========== 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 |============================================================ linode20 .. 78.37 |==================================================