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 dtcomm_test: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (1 Core), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: Virtual disk + 2GB Virtual disk + 15GB Virtual disk + 35GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS 5.11, Kernel: 2.6.18-406.el5 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3, 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 |======================================================== dtcomm_test . 120.03 |==== 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 |=========================================================== dtcomm_test . 1749 |================================================== 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 |=============== 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 |======================================================== dtcomm_test . 3606.11 |================================================ 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 |====== dtcomm_test . 87.01 |==================== 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 |======= dtcomm_test . 25.74 |=============== 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 |=========================================================== dtcomm_test . 764 |====================== 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 | dtcomm_test . 3887333 | 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 |========================================================== dtcomm_test . 20580 |============================================ 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 |========================================================== dtcomm_test . 30.48 |============================= 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 |============================================================= dtcomm_test . 17 |=========================== 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 |============================================================= dtcomm_test . 52 |=================================== 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 |============================================================= dtcomm_test . 34 |================================== 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 |======================================================== dtcomm_test . 1200.06 |===================================================== 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 |======= dtcomm_test . 193.06 |============= 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 |======= dtcomm_test . 420.67 |============== 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 |========= dtcomm_test . 237.91 |================= 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 |===== dtcomm_test . 44.64 |============ 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 |====== dtcomm_test . 651 |============== 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 |================= dtcomm_test . 93.22 |================ 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 |============== dtcomm_test . 7.46 |=============== 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 |========= dtcomm_test . 31.97 |=============== 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 |====== dtcomm_test . 271.87 |=============== 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 |================== dtcomm_test . 958 |=================== 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 |=================================================== dtcomm_test . 104.10 |=========================================================