m4.4xlarge Amazon EC2 Cloud Benchmarks - December 2017 Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Amazon Linux 2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 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 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 Clear Linux 19700: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Clear Linux OS 19700, Kernel: 4.13.12-56.aws (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 12.3, Kernel: 4.4.92-6.30-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: ext4, 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 Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU (4.2.amazon BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Amazon Linux 2, Kernel: 4.9.77-41.59.amzn2.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170915, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ........... 9029 |============================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 7654 |======================================= Clear Linux 19700 ........ 7895 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 6511 |================================= Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ... 8944 |============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ........... 11774995 |========================================= Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 10611679 |===================================== Clear Linux 19700 ........ 10059809 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 11934349 |========================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ... 10584904 |===================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ........... 18211772783 |=============================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 18954333684 |================================= Clear Linux 19700 ........ 18916363867 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 22662656196 |======================================= Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ... 18497453157 |================================ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ........... 2458881 |=========================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 2270774 |======================================== Clear Linux 19700 ........ 2248314 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 2393988 |========================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ... 2254882 |======================================= Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 5397216 |============================================= Hackbench Count: 16 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 73.34 |=============================================== Hackbench Count: 16 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 84.28 |=============================================== Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 129.30 |============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 6611.03 |============================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 47472.94 |============================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 7121513.63 |========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 2975130.21 |========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 9291.03 |============================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 1157544.89 |========================================== BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 5.37 |================================================ Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 1251.49 |============================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 163.83 |============================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 85.91 |=============================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 58.02 |=============================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 1517.00 |== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 286.10 | RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 2129.00 |=== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 27281.00 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 3733.00 |===== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 1752.00 |== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 6936.00 |===== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 326.10 | RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 33785.00 |======================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 56939.00 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 7279.00 |===== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 5246.00 |==== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 9749.00 |==== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 612.30 | RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 37473.00 |================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 84221.00 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 11013.00 |===== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 7799.00 |==== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 212.55 |============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 8.77 |==================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 10.12 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 8.41 |================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 10.08 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 10.03 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 8.65 |=================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 8.79 |==================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 13.86 |================================ Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 17.76 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 13.48 |=============================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 17.08 |======================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 17.14 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 15.52 |==================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 13.86 |================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 4.76 |================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 1634.03 |====================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 1543.61 |==================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1588.99 |===================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 1519.19 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 1533.76 |==================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 1671.16 |======================================= R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 0.4944 |=================== Clear Linux 19700 ........ 0.2580 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 1.1358 |============================================ Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 31.30 |========================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 30.79 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 30.50 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 30.25 |======================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 142.20 |================================= Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 173.22 |======================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 62.97 |=============== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 132.77 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 128.28 |============================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 129.53 |============================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 31.46 |============================ Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 44.96 |======================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 33.35 |============================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 46.14 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 42.24 |====================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 29.46 |========================== Schbench Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 55936 |=============================================== Schbench Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 117888 |============================================== Schbench Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 112427 |============================================== Schbench Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 179968 |============================================== Schbench Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 187989 |============================================== Schbench Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 294741 |============================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 4601 |======================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 4860 |========================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 4702 |========================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 4478 |======================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 4683 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 4835 |========================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 4551 |======================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 107.48 |======================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 84.90 |================================ Clear Linux 19700 ............ 92.39 |================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 89.49 |================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 84.82 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 89.15 |================================= Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 98.47 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 116 |========================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 100 |==================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 117 |========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 102 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 119 |=========================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 118 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 147 |========================================= Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 145 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 147 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 152 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 153 |=========================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 147 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 160 |========================================= Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 160 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 160 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 167 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 164 |========================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 161 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 66 |========================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 67 |=========================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 69 |============================================ SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 69 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 69 |============================================ Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 66 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 18.26 |========================================= Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 15.60 |=================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 14.69 |================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 15.83 |==================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 15.61 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 15.57 |=================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 16.94 |====================================== POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 81.42 |=============================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 8.97 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 8.91 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 9.10 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 9.03 |========================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 23256.82 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 913.67 |===================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 988.23 |======================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 981.97 |======================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 974.63 |======================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 987.93 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 985.67 |======================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 983.67 |======================================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 1020.80 |============================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 146108 |============== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 122404 |============ Clear Linux 19700 ............ 423815 |======================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 140237 |============= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 109406 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 320707 |============================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 144601 |============== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 1162050.17 |========================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 1283435.91 |============================ Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1627781.67 |==================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 1116937.08 |========================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 1375590.25 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 1274924.83 |============================ Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 720298.19 |================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 898315.23 |=========================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 974676.12 |============================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1202463.25 |==================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 860253.31 |========================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 1051987.37 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 976316.06 |============================= Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 608436.77 |================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 20.66 |=============================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 0.19707410 |================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 0.20673762 |==================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 0.19714943 |================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 0.20894897 |==================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 0.19370366 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 0.19713420 |================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 0.19728241 |================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 0.00136237 |=============================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 0.00126072 |============================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 0.00122207 |============================ RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 0.00156785 |==================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 0.00096575 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 0.00095212 |====================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 0.00151685 |=================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 14.41 |====================================== Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 15.42 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 5.50 |=============== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 15.53 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 12.36 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 14.44 |====================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 14.49 |====================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 2393 |========================================= Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 2380 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1847 |================================ RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 2439 |========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 2183 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 2109 |==================================== Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 ....... 2394 |========================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 1250.09 |============================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 163.18 |============================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 85.91 |=============================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 56.29 |=============================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Feb 18: Amazon Linux 2 . 210.60 |==============================================