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 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 hostB test: 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: CentOS 6.7 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, 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 |====== m1.xlarge .. 693.57 |====================== m3.xlarge .. 1766.91 |========================================================= hostB test . 683.31 |====================== 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 |========= hostB test . 249.36 |================== 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 |================= hostB test . 95.37 |================ 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 |=============== hostB test . 32.80 |=============== 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 |========= hostB test . 32.85 |================ 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 |================================================= hostB test . 4849.93 |========================================================= 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 |=============== hostB test . 7.12 |============== 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 |============================================================== hostB test . 13 |===================== 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 |============================================================== hostB test . 53 |==================================== 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 |============================================================== hostB test . 36 |===================================== 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 |===================================================== hostB test . 1361.76 |========================================================= 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 |============================================================ hostB test . 783 |======================= 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 |= hostB test . 3646000 | 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 |=========================================================== hostB test . 27056 |=========================================================== 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 |====== hostB test . 257.56 |=============== 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 |===================================================== hostB test . 101.50 |========================================================== 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 |===== hostB test . 46.52 |============= 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 |======================================= hostB test . 3151 |============================================================ 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 |=================== hostB test . 841 |================= 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 |====== hostB test . 557 |============= 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 |======= hostB test . 61.41 |============== 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 |======= hostB test . 236.23 |================= 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 |======= hostB test . 512.02 |================= 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 |======= hostB test . 26.06 |================ 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 |=========================================================== hostB test . 28.79 |============================