EC2-Cachebench Running pts/cachebench-1.1.2, pts/c-ray-1.2.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. t2.small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1069-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon t2.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 16GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1069-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon t3.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8175M @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 t3.medium, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 16GB, Graphics: Device 1d0f:1111, Network: Device 1d0f:ec20 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1069-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM t3.small: Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8175M @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 t3.small, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB, Graphics: Device 1d0f:1111, Network: Device 1d0f:ec20 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1069-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM t3.small - 2018-11: Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8175M @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 t3.small, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB, Graphics: Device 1d0f:1111, Network: Device 1d0f:ec20 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1070-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better t2.small ........... 2252.45 |================================================= t2.medium .......... 2270.25 |================================================= t3.medium .......... 1172.78 |========================= t3.small ........... 1591.12 |================================== t3.small - 2018-11 . 1595.11 |================================== CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better t2.small ........... 9872.29 |=============================================== t2.medium .......... 10040.57 |================================================ t3.medium .......... 4682.25 |====================== t3.small ........... 6705.31 |================================ t3.small - 2018-11 . 6567.88 |=============================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better t2.small ........... 23856.59 |=============================================== t2.medium .......... 24197.88 |================================================ t3.medium .......... 4511.56 |========= t3.small ........... 6381.29 |============= t3.small - 2018-11 . 6412.23 |============= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better t2.small ........... 1231.57 |=========================== t2.medium .......... 597.11 |============= t3.medium .......... 2209.67 |================================================= t3.small ........... 976.66 |====================== t3.small - 2018-11 . 938.31 |=====================