GCP Instance Comparison KVM testing on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b: Processor: Intel Xeon @ 2.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Google Compute Engine, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 11GB PersistentDisk, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b: Processor: Intel Xeon @ 2.30GHz (1 Core / 2 Threads), Motherboard: Google Compute Engine, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 11GB PersistentDisk, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b: Processor: Intel Xeon @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Google Compute Engine, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 11GB PersistentDisk, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM Raspberry Pi on raspbian: Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2, Memory: 927MB, Disk: 32GB ACLCD, Graphics: LLVMpipe OS: Raspbian 9.3, Kernel: 4.9.59-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1824x984 GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b: Processor: Intel Xeon @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Google Compute Engine, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 581MB, Disk: 11GB PersistentDisk, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b: Processor: Intel Xeon @ 2.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Google Compute Engine, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 11GB PersistentDisk, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: iperf.it-north.net - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 10 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ... 23.47 |=============================================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b . 23.40 |=============================================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b . 23.57 |=============================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: iperf.it-north.net - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 10 Seconds - Test: UDP - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ... 21 |================================================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b . 21 |================================================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b . 21 |================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: iperf.it-north.net - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 10 Seconds - Test: UDP - 100Mbit Objective - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ... 1358.52 |=============================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b . 1986.00 |============================================= GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b . 1041.93 |======================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: iperf.it-north.net - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 10 Seconds - Test: UDP - 1000Mbit Objective - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ... 9161 |================================================ GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b . 4420 |======================= GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b . 5031 |========================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ..... 378.28 |========================================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ... 395.02 |=========================================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ... 400.91 |============================================ Raspberry Pi on raspbian . 41.93 |===== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ..... 92.14 |============================================= GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ... 92.53 |============================================= GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ... 92.28 |============================================= Raspberry Pi on raspbian . 21.34 |========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ..... 84.39 |==================================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ... 104.40 |============================================ GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ... 98.07 |========================================= Raspberry Pi on raspbian . 13.61 |====== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ..... 460.99 |=========================================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ... 464.73 |=========================================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ... 473.06 |============================================ Raspberry Pi on raspbian . 35.91 |=== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ..... 517.41 |======================================= GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ... 571.83 |=========================================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ... 589.01 |============================================ Raspberry Pi on raspbian . 53.69 |==== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ..... 736.47 |=========================================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ... 741.61 |=========================================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ... 752.14 |============================================ Raspberry Pi on raspbian . 85.10 |===== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ..... 889504 |============================================ GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ... 895288 |============================================ GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ... 897331 |============================================ Raspberry Pi on raspbian . 173212 |======== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 821 |============== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 1328 |====================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 2572 |=========================================== Raspberry Pi on raspbian .... 492 |======== GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 165 |=== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 549 |========= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 4141000 | GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 4479333 | GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 8261667 | Raspberry Pi on raspbian .... 683298333 |====================================== GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 560852000 |=============================== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 2887667 | John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 13311 |================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 16726 |====================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 31680 |========================================== Raspberry Pi on raspbian .... 9730 |============= GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 2620 |=== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 6621 |========= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 1638.56 |====================================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 1655.14 |======================================= GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 1702.65 |======================================== Raspberry Pi on raspbian .... 67.31 |== GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 349.68 |======== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 982.59 |======================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 8.98 |== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 8.93 |== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 9.09 |== Raspberry Pi on raspbian .... 227.25 |========================================= GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 43.15 |======== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 16.48 |=== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 15.23 |==== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 15.75 |==== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 15.30 |==== Raspberry Pi on raspbian .... 154.90 |========================================= GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 74.69 |==================== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 28.94 |======== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 114.63 |================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 129.75 |===================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 255.25 |========================================= Raspberry Pi on raspbian .... 19.82 |=== GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 29.70 |===== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 71.45 |=========== OpenSSL 1.0.2g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better GCP 1 CPU 1GB east1b ........ 124.57 |==================== GCP 2 CPU 1.8GB east1b ...... 130.90 |===================== GCP 4 CPU 3.6GB east1b ...... 257.83 |========================================= GCP Shared CPU 0.6GB east1b . 51.35 |======== GCP Shared CPU 1.7GB east1b . 77.73 |============