Amazon a1.medium
Mashup of Amazon A1 and T* Instances


a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A72 (1 Core), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 a1.medium (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Amazon Device 0200, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 9GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic

	OS: Amazon Linux 2, Kernel: 4.14.77-81.59.amzn2.aarch64 (aarch64) 20181112, Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, File-System: xfs

t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU (4.2.amazon BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Amazon Linux 2, Kernel: 4.14.77-81.59.amzn2.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A72 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 a1.xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Amazon Device 0200, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 9GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic

	OS: Amazon Linux 2, Kernel: 4.14.77-81.59.amzn2.aarch64 (aarch64) 20181112, Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, File-System: xfs

t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU (4.2.amazon BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Amazon Linux 2, Kernel: 4.14.77-81.59.amzn2.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4570R @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: GIGABYTE M4HM85P-00 (F6 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: inteldrmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Crystal Well HD Audio, Monitor: DELL G2210, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0, Kernel: 4.19.2-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180831 + Clang 7.0.0 + LLVM 7.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (1412 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 840 + 3 x 512GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 + 1000GB My Passport 25E1 + 512GB INTEL SSDPEKKW512G8, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB (1569/5508MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ROG PG27AQ, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0, Kernel: 4.19.4-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 410.78, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.0.206, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180831 + Clang 7.0.0 + LLVM 7.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 18.61  |====
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 17.46  |===
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 16.81  |===
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 17.77  |===
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 131.01 |=========================
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 13.02  |==


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 128855 |=========================
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 70882  |==============
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 36146  |=======
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 37549  |=======
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 16275  |===
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 5115   |=


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 156956336 |======================
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 78114533  |===========
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 41400966  |======
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 41034901  |======
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 18431024  |===
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 7349456   |=


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 31695907 |=======================
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 19546912 |==============
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 8568331  |======
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 11954005 |=========
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 4612203  |===
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 1475426  |=


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 2529  |==
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 3186  |==
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 7262  |=====
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 6187  |====
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 13737 |=========
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 41226 |==========================


Gzip Compression
Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz
Seconds < Lower Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 113.00 |=========================
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 69.50  |===============
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 101.75 |=======================
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 55.82  |============
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 48.47  |===========
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 29.69  |=======


OpenSSL 1.1.1
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 36.43   |
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 119.93  |=
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 146.70  |==
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 246.67  |===
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 529.27  |======
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 1965.73 |========================


Redis 4.0.8
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 417794  |===
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 591018  |====
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 947655  |======
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 814333  |=====
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 2111322 |==============
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 3747128 |========================


Redis 4.0.8
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 369909  |===
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 539866  |=====
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 741929  |======
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 725339  |======
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 1668077 |===============
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 2740573 |========================


Redis 4.0.8
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 300287  |===
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 486382  |=====
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 494810  |=====
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 642536  |======
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 1324062 |=============
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 2525479 |========================


Redis 4.0.8
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 414549  |===
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 583892  |====
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 916174  |======
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 792402  |=====
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 2021615 |=============
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 3679413 |========================


Redis 4.0.8
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 336448  |===
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 512298  |=====
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 632144  |======
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 672352  |======
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 1462702 |==============
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 2532113 |========================


PHP Micro Benchmarks
Test: Zend bench
Seconds < Lower Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 4.40 |===========================
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 1.93 |============
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 4.37 |===========================
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 1.88 |============
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 0.57 |===
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 0.34 |==


PHP Micro Benchmarks
Test: Zend micro_bench
Seconds < Lower Is Better
a1.medium with tests that run in Amazon AMI . 25.26 |==========================
t2.small with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 9.61  |==========
a1.large with tests that run in Amazon AMI .. 24.75 |=========================
t2.large with tests tha run in Amazon AMI ... 9.36  |==========
Bare Metal i5-4570R 2014 .................... 2.89  |===
Bare Metal i7-8086k 2018 .................... 1.62  |==