AMD EC2 Benchmarks lxc testing on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. m5a.xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5a.xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 52GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1021-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5a.2xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 @ 2.41GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5a.2xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 52GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1021-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5a.4xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5a.4xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 63488MB, Disk: 52GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1021-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5a.12xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 @ 2.51GHz (24 Cores / 48 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5a.12xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 190464MB, Disk: 52GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1021-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM SkySilk Large: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 (A40 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-2400MT/s, Disk: 2 x 128GB SAMSUNG MZNLF128, Graphics: Matrox G200eH, Monitor: Smart Cable, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.18-1-pve (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: lxc SkySilk Ultimate: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 (A40 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-2400MT/s, Disk: 2 x 128GB SAMSUNG MZNLF128, Graphics: Matrox G200eH, Monitor: Smart Cable, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.18-1-pve (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: lxc OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 313 |==== m5a.2xlarge ...... 533 |======= m5a.4xlarge ...... 1066 |============== m5a.12xlarge ..... 3186 |========================================= SkySilk Large .... 807 |========== SkySilk Ultimate . 4238 |====================================================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 30.97 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 19.55 |================================= m5a.4xlarge ...... 14.79 |========================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 8.76 |=============== SkySilk Large .... 23.59 |======================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 9.83 |================= Darktable 2.4.2 Performance / Cost - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 0.31 |================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 0.20 |====================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 0.15 |================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 0.18 |==================== SkySilk Large .... 0.24 |========================== SkySilk Ultimate . 0.49 |====================================================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 24.25 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 15.14 |================================= m5a.4xlarge ...... 9.90 |====================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 8.04 |================== SkySilk Large .... 20.28 |============================================ SkySilk Ultimate . 9.59 |===================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 19.06 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 9.82 |=========================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 6.28 |================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 4.36 |============ SkySilk Large .... 9.80 |=========================== SkySilk Ultimate . 4.31 |============ Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 0.57 |====================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 0.37 |=================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 0.40 |====================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 0.31 |============================= SkySilk Large .... 0.44 |========================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 0.23 |====================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 388.00 |==================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 236.00 |================================ m5a.4xlarge ...... 126.00 |================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 51.64 |======= SkySilk Large .... 267.17 |==================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 55.71 |======= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Performance / Cost - Time To Compile Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 23.26 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 16.54 |====================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 10.05 |======================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 5.68 |============= SkySilk Large .... 16.03 |===================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 13.93 |================================ Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 2454 |====================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 1503 |================================= m5a.4xlarge ...... 797 |================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 316 |======= SkySilk Large .... 1406 |=============================== SkySilk Ultimate . 310 |======= Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Performance / Cost - Time To Compile Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 294.47 |==================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 225.45 |======================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 127.56 |======================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 60.05 |=========== SkySilk Large .... 154.65 |=========================== SkySilk Ultimate . 133.45 |======================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 102.00 |============== m5a.2xlarge ...... 165.00 |====================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 249.00 |================================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 391.00 |==================================================== SkySilk Large .... 90.62 |============ SkySilk Ultimate . 279.06 |===================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Performance / Cost - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 5110.50 |=============================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 8226.50 |=================================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 8302.67 |=================================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 6522.17 |======================================== SkySilk Large .... 3020.67 |=================== SkySilk Ultimate . 1468.74 |========= Rust Prime Benchmark Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 231.00 |==================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 138.00 |=============================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 69.34 |================ m5a.12xlarge ..... 26.41 |====== SkySilk Large .... 112.63 |========================= SkySilk Ultimate . 26.18 |====== Rust Prime Benchmark Performance / Cost - Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 6.94 |====================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 5.52 |=========================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 2.77 |====================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 1.32 |========== SkySilk Large .... 3.38 |========================== SkySilk Ultimate . 2.88 |====================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 9075 |======= m5a.2xlarge ...... 14902 |============ m5a.4xlarge ...... 28277 |====================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 57965 |============================================== SkySilk Large .... 15180 |============ SkySilk Ultimate . 67111 |===================================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Performance / Cost - Compress Speed Test MIPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 907500.00 |============================= m5a.2xlarge ...... 1490200.00 |================================================ m5a.4xlarge ...... 942566.67 |============================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 483041.67 |================ SkySilk Large .... 126500.00 |==== SkySilk Ultimate . 93209.72 |=== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 4543208 |===== m5a.2xlarge ...... 7727671 |========= m5a.4xlarge ...... 15260545 |================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 42775050 |================================================== SkySilk Large .... 7239878 |======== SkySilk Ultimate . 36728578 |=========================================== Stockfish 9 Performance / Cost - Total Time Nodes Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 151440266.67 |============================= m5a.2xlarge ...... 154553420.00 |============================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 218007785.71 |========================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 237639166.67 |============================================== SkySilk Large .... 180996950.00 |=================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 91821445.00 |================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 1039199 |================================================= m5a.2xlarge ...... 1080209 |=================================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 1051269 |================================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 1011299 |================================================ SkySilk Large .... 822592 |======================================= SkySilk Ultimate . 1046664 |================================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 1412084 |================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 1437485 |=================================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 1346548 |================================================ m5a.12xlarge ..... 1306947 |============================================== SkySilk Large .... 1051307 |===================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 1349753 |================================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 3465 |====================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 3202 |================================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 2566 |======================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 2540 |======================================== SkySilk Large .... 2559 |======================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 2917 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 346460.00 |================================================= m5a.2xlarge ...... 106740.67 |=============== m5a.4xlarge ...... 32073.88 |===== m5a.12xlarge ..... 4980.49 |= SkySilk Large .... 127940.00 |================== SkySilk Ultimate . 2752.04 | PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 36889 |======= m5a.2xlarge ...... 57678 |=========== m5a.4xlarge ...... 100226 |=================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 270386 |==================================================== SkySilk Large .... 53706 |========== SkySilk Ultimate . 203909 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 3688868.00 |================================================ m5a.2xlarge ...... 1922587.00 |========================= m5a.4xlarge ...... 1252821.63 |================ m5a.12xlarge ..... 563303.17 |======= SkySilk Large .... 2685316.00 |=================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 190569.09 |== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 1189 |====================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 706 |================================ m5a.4xlarge ...... 361 |================ m5a.12xlarge ..... 136 |====== SkySilk Large .... 706 |================================ SkySilk Ultimate . 131 |====== Blender 2.79a Performance / Cost - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 71.35 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 49.40 |===================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 25.28 |=================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 10.92 |======== SkySilk Large .... 35.29 |========================== SkySilk Ultimate . 22.23 |================= Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 185.00 |==================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 117.00 |================================= m5a.4xlarge ...... 78.27 |====================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 54.80 |=============== SkySilk Large .... 127.63 |==================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 65.60 |================== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Performance / Cost - Build: Cifar10 Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 5.56 |====== m5a.2xlarge ...... 4.66 |===== m5a.4xlarge ...... 4.70 |===== m5a.12xlarge ..... 7.12 |======== SkySilk Large .... 5.11 |====== SkySilk Ultimate . 47.23 |===================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 24.22 |==== m5a.2xlarge ...... 50.15 |======= m5a.4xlarge ...... 129.40 |=================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 286.76 |========================================== SkySilk Large .... 58.14 |========= SkySilk Ultimate . 352.47 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 24.41 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 21.30 |============================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 11.99 |========================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 8.11 |================== SkySilk Large .... 21.59 |=============================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 12.75 |============================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 89.99 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 59.03 |=================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 34.70 |==================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 14.16 |======== SkySilk Large .... 80.94 |================================================ SkySilk Ultimate . 31.01 |================== Rodinia 2.4 Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 0.90 |============ m5a.2xlarge ...... 1.18 |================ m5a.4xlarge ...... 0.69 |========= m5a.12xlarge ..... 0.42 |====== SkySilk Large .... 1.62 |====================== SkySilk Ultimate . 4.03 |====================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 443.00 |==================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 391.00 |============================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 132.00 |=============== m5a.12xlarge ..... 46.21 |===== SkySilk Large .... 276.53 |================================ SkySilk Ultimate . 58.55 |======= Rodinia 2.4 Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 26.60 |================================= m5a.2xlarge ...... 43.04 |===================================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 10.53 |============= m5a.12xlarge ..... 3.70 |===== SkySilk Large .... 16.59 |==================== SkySilk Ultimate . 13.47 |================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 46.86 |================================================ m5a.2xlarge ...... 46.95 |================================================ m5a.4xlarge ...... 46.81 |================================================ m5a.12xlarge ..... 46.85 |================================================ SkySilk Large .... 51.92 |===================================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 51.20 |==================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 Performance / Cost - WAV To MP3 Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 0.47 |== m5a.2xlarge ...... 0.47 |== m5a.4xlarge ...... 1.40 |======= m5a.12xlarge ..... 3.75 |=================== SkySilk Large .... 0.52 |=== SkySilk Ultimate . 10.24 |===================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 366872 |==================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 366713 |==================================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 369061 |==================================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 365785 |==================================================== SkySilk Large .... 338078 |================================================ SkySilk Ultimate . 352881 |================================================== m-queens 1.2 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 391.00 |==================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 230.00 |=============================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 115.00 |=============== m5a.12xlarge ..... 38.59 |===== SkySilk Large .... 233.64 |=============================== SkySilk Ultimate . 42.99 |====== m-queens 1.2 Performance / Cost - Time To Solve Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 23.48 |===================================================== m5a.2xlarge ...... 16.08 |==================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 8.04 |================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 2.70 |====== SkySilk Large .... 11.68 |========================== SkySilk Ultimate . 7.31 |================= BRL-CAD 7.28.0 VGR Performance Metric VGR Performance Metric > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 17273 |===== m5a.2xlarge ...... 33327 |========= m5a.4xlarge ...... 61801 |================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 165661 |============================================== SkySilk Large .... 37550 |=========== SkySilk Ultimate . 185317 |==================================================== BRL-CAD 7.28.0 Performance / Cost - VGR Performance Metric VGR Performance Metric Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 575766.67 |================================================= m5a.2xlarge ...... 555450.00 |=============================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 386256.25 |================================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 394430.95 |================================== SkySilk Large .... 250333.33 |===================== SkySilk Ultimate . 115103.73 |========== Node.js Express HTTP Load Test Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 4515 |============================================ m5a.2xlarge ...... 4538 |============================================ m5a.4xlarge ...... 4611 |============================================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 5130 |================================================== SkySilk Large .... 4744 |============================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 5551 |====================================================== Cost To Run Tests Cost / Price Per Hour Cost / Price Per Hour < Lower Is Better m5a.xlarge ....... 0.59 |=== m5a.2xlarge ...... 0.86 |===== m5a.4xlarge ...... 1.24 |======= m5a.12xlarge ..... 3.40 |=================== SkySilk Large .... 0.89 |===== SkySilk Ultimate . 9.59 |====================================================== OpenSSL 1.1.1 Performance / Cost - RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ...... 53283.00 |======================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 106640.00 |================================================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 79651.75 |===================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 52976.25 |======================== Darktable 2.4.2 Performance / Cost - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ...... 0.15 |================= m5a.4xlarge ...... 0.10 |=========== m5a.12xlarge ..... 0.16 |================== SkySilk Large .... 0.20 |======================= SkySilk Ultimate . 0.48 |====================================================== Parboil 2.5 Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ...... 0.50 | m5a.4xlarge ...... 9.06 |= m5a.12xlarge ..... 143.38 |=============== SkySilk Large .... 0.58 | SkySilk Ultimate . 482.88 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ...... 0.21 |=============== m5a.4xlarge ...... 0.12 |======== m5a.12xlarge ..... 0.16 |=========== SkySilk Large .... 0.22 |=============== SkySilk Ultimate . 0.77 |====================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 Performance / Cost - PHP Benchmark Suite Score Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ...... 36671300.00 |=============================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 18453050.00 |======================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 7315700.00 |========= SkySilk Large .... 33807800.00 |=========================================== SkySilk Ultimate . 2940675.00 |==== Node.js Express HTTP Load Test Performance / Cost - Requests Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ...... 453800.00 |=============================================== m5a.4xlarge ...... 461100.00 |================================================ m5a.12xlarge ..... 128250.00 |============= SkySilk Large .... 474400.00 |================================================= SkySilk Ultimate . 69387.50 |======= Darktable 2.4.2 Performance / Cost - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.4xlarge ...... 0.06 |========================= m5a.12xlarge ..... 0.04 |================= SkySilk Ultimate . 0.13 |====================================================== Redis 4.0.8 Performance / Cost - Test: SET Requests Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.4xlarge ...... 105126860.00 |============================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 50564955.50 |====================== SkySilk Ultimate . 20933280.40 |========= Redis 4.0.8 Performance / Cost - Test: GET Requests Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.4xlarge ...... 134654825.00 |============================================== m5a.12xlarge ..... 65347350.00 |====================== SkySilk Ultimate . 26995055.80 |=========