m4.4xlarge Amazon EC2 Cloud Benchmarks - December 2017 Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09, Kernel: 4.9.62-21.56.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Amazon Linux 2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Amazon Linux 2.0, Kernel: 4.9.62-10.57.amzn2.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170915, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon RHEL Server 7.4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: cirrusdrmfb OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1041-aws (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 173.22 |============================================ Amazon Linux 2 ........... 142.20 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 128.28 |================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 44.96 |============================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 31.46 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 42.24 |========================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 7654 |======================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 9029 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 6511 |================================= Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 10611679 |===================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 11774995 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 11934349 |========================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 18954333684 |================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 18211772783 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 22662656196 |======================================= Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 2270774 |======================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 2458881 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 2393988 |========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 1543.61 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 1634.03 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 1533.76 |======================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 33761 |============================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 32733 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 33494 |============================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 84.90 |=================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 107.48 |============================================ RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 89.49 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 89.15 |==================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 15.42 |============================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 14.41 |========================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 15.53 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 14.44 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 10.12 |============================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 8.77 |======================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 10.08 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 8.65 |====================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 17.76 |============================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 13.86 |=================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 17.08 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 15.52 |======================================= FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 8.97 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 9.03 |============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 988.23 |============================================ Amazon Linux 2 ........... 913.67 |========================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 974.63 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 985.67 |============================================ Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 0.20673762 |======================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 0.19707410 |====================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 0.20894897 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 0.19713420 |====================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 0.00126072 |================================ Amazon Linux 2 ........... 0.00136237 |=================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 0.00156785 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 0.00095212 |======================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 1283435.91 |======================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 1162050.17 |==================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 1116937.08 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 1274924.83 |======================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 974676.12 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 898315.23 |====================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 860253.31 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 976316.06 |========================================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 2380 |============================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 2393 |============================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 2439 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 2109 |======================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 122404 |================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 146108 |==================== RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 140237 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 320707 |============================================ Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 31.30 |============================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 30.79 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 30.25 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 100 |======================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 116 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 119 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 145 |============================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 147 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 153 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 160 |============================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 160 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 164 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 67 |=============================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 66 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 69 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 15.60 |====================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 18.26 |============================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 15.83 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 15.57 |====================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 4860 |============================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 4601 |============================================ RHEL Server 7.4 .......... 4478 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 4835 |============================================== R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 0.4944 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 1.1358 |============================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ... 9749 |============== RHEL Server 7.4 .. 37473 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 11013 |================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ... 6936 |=========== RHEL Server 7.4 .. 33785 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 7279 |=========== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ... 1517 |====================== RHEL Server 7.4 .. 2129 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 3733 |======================================================