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 Super: 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 Leviathan: 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 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 Super ..... 717 |=============== SkySilk Leviathan . 375 |======== 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 Super ..... 68610 |===================== SkySilk Leviathan . 140971 |=========================================== 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 Super ..... 127.90 |=============== SkySilk Leviathan . 66.15 |======== 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 Super ..... 2736 |========================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 3042 |=============================================== 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 Super ..... 150.77 |==================== SkySilk Leviathan . 63.86 |======== 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 Super ..... 95759 |================== SkySilk Leviathan . 185969 |=================================== 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 Super ..... 356 |================ SkySilk Leviathan . 152 |======= 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 Super ..... 118.09 |=============== SkySilk Leviathan . 52.32 |======= 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 Super ..... 90.20 |========================= SkySilk Leviathan . 79.95 |====================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ........ 4543208 |===== m5a.2xlarge ....... 7727671 |========= m5a.4xlarge ....... 15260545 |================= m5a.12xlarge ...... 42775050 |================================================= SkySilk Super ..... 13411880 |=============== SkySilk Leviathan . 31931845 |===================================== 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 Super ..... 93.03 |================= SkySilk Leviathan . 239.64 |=========================================== 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 Super ..... 27751 |========================= SkySilk Leviathan . 57172 |=================================================== 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 Super ..... 68.64 |=============== SkySilk Leviathan . 28.94 |====== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ........ 102 |============== m5a.2xlarge ....... 165 |======================= m5a.4xlarge ....... 249 |================================== m5a.12xlarge ...... 391 |====================================================== SkySilk Super ..... 170 |======================= SkySilk Leviathan . 245 |================================== 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 Super ..... 50.66 |==================================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 50.26 |==================================================== 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 Super ..... 34.10 |==================== SkySilk Leviathan . 37.47 |====================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better m5a.xlarge ........ 366872 |=================================================== m5a.2xlarge ....... 366713 |=================================================== m5a.4xlarge ....... 369061 |=================================================== m5a.12xlarge ...... 365785 |=================================================== SkySilk Super ..... 362475 |================================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 363442 |================================================== 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 Super ..... 5120 |===================================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 5061 |==================================================== 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 Super ..... 1416 |======================= SkySilk Leviathan . 3313 |===================================================== 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 Super ..... 14.64 |=============================== SkySilk Leviathan . 14.65 |=============================== 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 Super ..... 14.81 |========================= SkySilk Leviathan . 11.11 |=================== 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 Super ..... 14.70 |================================ SkySilk Leviathan . 11.96 |========================== 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 Super ..... 799212 |===================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 1013526 |=============================================== 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 Super ..... 1231384 |========================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 1472617 |================================================== 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 Super ..... 7.10 |=================== SkySilk Leviathan . 5.12 |============== 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 Super ..... 0.37 |================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 0.31 |============================= 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 Super ..... 123138433.00 |========================================= SkySilk Leviathan . 36815419.75 |============ 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 Super ..... 79921194.00 |================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 25338151.50 |=========== 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 Super ..... 0.07 |===================================== SkySilk Leviathan . 0.10 |===================================================== 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 Super ..... 512000.00 |================================================ SkySilk Leviathan . 84350.00 |======== 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 Super ..... 18123750.00 |======================= SkySilk Leviathan . 4543025.00 |====== 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 Super ..... 0.15 |=========== SkySilk Leviathan . 0.73 |===================================================== 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 Super ..... 5.58 |== SkySilk Leviathan . 170.14 |=================================================== 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 Super ..... 0.15 |================= SkySilk Leviathan . 0.48 |===================================================== 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 Super ..... 141597.00 |================================================ SkySilk Leviathan . 55209.50 |=================== 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 Super ..... 1.94 |============== SkySilk Leviathan . 7.26 |===================================================== 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 Super ..... 185432.43 |=============== SkySilk Leviathan . 123658.77 |========== 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 Super ..... 9.45 |===================== SkySilk Leviathan . 8.37 |=================== 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 Super ..... 2.03 |============== SkySilk Leviathan . 7.54 |===================================================== 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 Super ..... 11.51 |============== SkySilk Leviathan . 13.23 |================ 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 Super ..... 0.68 |========= SkySilk Leviathan . 4.12 |===================================================== 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 Super ..... 9.02 |========= SkySilk Leviathan . 50.37 |==================================================== 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 Super ..... 28.52 |===================== SkySilk Leviathan . 22.79 |================= 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 Super ..... 1196985.75 |=============== SkySilk Leviathan . 232461.59 |=== 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 Super ..... 30395.89 |==== SkySilk Leviathan . 3709.89 |= 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 Super ..... 149020888.89 |============================ SkySilk Leviathan . 99787015.63 |=================== 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 Super ..... 102781.48 |=== SkySilk Leviathan . 96901.69 |=== 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 Super ..... 3.43 |========================== SkySilk Leviathan . 2.60 |==================== 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 Super ..... 3390.80 |==================== SkySilk Leviathan . 1530.38 |========= 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 Super ..... 129.13 |====================== SkySilk Leviathan . 146.44 |========================= 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 Super ..... 19.60 |============================================ SkySilk Leviathan . 14.05 |=============================== 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 Super ..... 0.15 |================== SkySilk Leviathan . 0.44 |=====================================================