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 bizgio test: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS 6.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-504.12.2.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 |======================================================== bizgio test . 73.57 |== 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 |=========================================================== bizgio test . 1172 |================================== 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 |============== bizgio test . 34.77 |=============== 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 |====================================================== bizgio test . 4394.42 |======================================================== 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 |====== bizgio test . 64.95 |=============== 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 |======= bizgio test . 26.36 |================ 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 |=========================================================== bizgio test . 727 |===================== 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 | bizgio test . 3381333 | 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 |========================================================== bizgio test . 24132 |==================================================== 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 |========================================================== bizgio test . 31.86 |============================== 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 |============================================================= bizgio test . 11 |================= 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 |============================================================= bizgio test . 50 |================================== 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 |============================================================= bizgio test . 37 |===================================== 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 |==================================================== bizgio test . 1376.91 |======================================================== 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 |======= bizgio test . 227.82 |================ 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 |======= bizgio test . 445.73 |=============== 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 |========= bizgio test . 241.77 |================= 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 |===== bizgio test . 44.25 |============ 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 |====== bizgio test . 570 |============= 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 |================= bizgio test . 99.76 |================= 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 |============== bizgio test . 7.41 |=============== 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 |========= bizgio test . 33.77 |================ 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 |====== bizgio test . 287.33 |================ 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 |================== bizgio test . 911 |================== 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 |======================================================= bizgio test . 98.83 |==========================================================