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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
hostA 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
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 |=======
hostA test . 60.27 |==============
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 |=======
hostA test . 230.58 |================
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 |============================================================
hostA test . 790 |=======================
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 |=======
hostA test . 25.97 |================
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 |=====================================
hostA test . 3363 |============================================================
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 |===========================================================
hostA test . 30.20 |=============================
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 |=======
hostA test . 491.41 |=================
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 |==============================================================
hostA test . 13 |=====================
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 |=========
hostA test . 250.67 |==================
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 |==============================================================
hostA test . 53 |====================================
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 |=========
hostA test . 31.93 |===============
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 |==============================================================
hostA test . 36 |=====================================
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 |=
hostA test . 3691333 |
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 |=====================================================
hostA test . 102.27 |==========================================================
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 |====================================================
hostA test . 1393.91 |=========================================================
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 |===============
hostA test . 7.12 |==============
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 |===============
hostA test . 33.07 |===============
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 |=================================================
hostA test . 4855.00 |=========================================================
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 |=================
hostA test . 92.92 |================
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 |===================
hostA test . 839 |=================
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 |==========================================================
hostA test . 27468 |===========================================================
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 |=====
hostA test . 45.58 |=============
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 |======
hostA test . 256.84 |===============
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 |======
hostA test . 553 |============
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 |=========================================================
hostA test . 728.19 |=======================