Ubuntu 18.04 EC2 AMD EPYC, Intel Xeon, Amazon Graviton Compute Intel Core i7-5500U testing with a Dell 0PYXMC (A03 BIOS) and Intel HD 5500 on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. m5a.2xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5a.2xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1032-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5ad.2xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5ad.2xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 300GB Amazon EC2 NVMe Instance Storage + 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1032-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5.2xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8175M (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5.2xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1032-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5ad.4xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5ad.4xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 63488MB, Disk: 2 x 300GB Amazon EC2 NVMe Instance Storage + 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1032-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5a.4xlarge: Processor: AMD EPYC 7571 (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5a.4xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 63488MB, Disk: 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1032-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM m5.4xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8175M (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5.4xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 63488MB, Disk: 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1032-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM a1.2xlarge: Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A72 (8 Cores), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 a1.2xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Amazon Device 0200, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1028-aws (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4 a1.4xlarge: Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A72 (16 Cores), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 a1.4xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Amazon Device 0200, Memory: 31744MB, Disk: 54GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1028-aws (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Core i7-5500U: Processor: Intel Core i7-5500U @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0PYXMC (A03 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel 7265 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 LeelaChessZero 0.20.1 Backend: BLAS Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 45.58 |=========== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 49.64 |============ m5.2xlarge .......... 133.96 |================================= m5ad.4xlarge ........ 74.84 |================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 76.63 |=================== m5.4xlarge .......... 201.64 |================================================= a1.2xlarge .......... 42.16 |========== a1.4xlarge .......... 63.95 |================ Intel Core i7-5500U . 66.99 |================ LeelaChessZero 0.20.1 Performance / Cost - Backend: BLAS Nodes Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 379.83 |====== m5ad.2xlarge . 354.57 |====== m5.2xlarge ... 2679.20 |============================================ m5ad.4xlarge . 415.78 |======= m5a.4xlarge .. 510.87 |======== m5.4xlarge ... 3360.67 |======================================================= a1.2xlarge ... 527.00 |========= a1.4xlarge ... 639.50 |========== OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 531 |============== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 533 |============== m5.2xlarge .......... 943 |========================= m5ad.4xlarge ........ 1069 |============================= m5a.4xlarge ......... 1065 |============================= m5.4xlarge .......... 1893 |=================================================== a1.2xlarge .......... 293 |======== a1.4xlarge .......... 586 |================ Intel Core i7-5500U . 418 |=========== OpenSSL 1.1.1 Performance / Cost - RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 53123.00 |========================== m5ad.2xlarge . 53290.00 |=========================== m5.2xlarge ... 94343.00 |=============================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 53451.50 |=========================== m5a.4xlarge .. 106530.00 |===================================================== m5.4xlarge ... 94651.50 |=============================================== a1.4xlarge ... 58607.00 |============================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 142 |========================================= m5ad.2xlarge ........ 161 |============================================== m5.2xlarge .......... 164 |=============================================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 178 |=================================================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 178 |=================================================== m5.4xlarge .......... 181 |==================================================== a1.2xlarge .......... 132 |====================================== a1.4xlarge .......... 146 |========================================== Intel Core i7-5500U . 129 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Performance / Cost - Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 7100.00 |============================= m5ad.2xlarge . 8050.00 |================================= m5.2xlarge ... 8200.00 |================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 4450.00 |================== m5a.4xlarge .. 4450.00 |================== m5.4xlarge ... 4525.00 |=================== a1.2xlarge ... 13200.00 |====================================================== a1.4xlarge ... 7300.00 |============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 152 |============================================ m5ad.2xlarge ........ 179 |=================================================== m5.2xlarge .......... 179 |=================================================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 179 |=================================================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 179 |=================================================== m5.4xlarge .......... 181 |==================================================== a1.2xlarge .......... 137 |======================================= a1.4xlarge .......... 137 |======================================= Intel Core i7-5500U . 175 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Performance / Cost - Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 7600.00 |============================== m5ad.2xlarge . 8950.00 |=================================== m5.2xlarge ... 8950.00 |=================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 4475.00 |================== m5a.4xlarge .. 4475.00 |================== m5.4xlarge ... 4525.00 |================== a1.2xlarge ... 13700.00 |====================================================== a1.4xlarge ... 6850.00 |=========================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 163.00 |=========================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 165.00 |============================ m5.2xlarge .......... 153.00 |========================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 251.00 |========================================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 250.00 |========================================== m5.4xlarge .......... 291.00 |================================================= a1.2xlarge .......... 156.00 |========================== a1.4xlarge .......... 289.00 |================================================= Intel Core i7-5500U . 80.15 |============= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Performance / Cost - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 8125.50 |============================ m5ad.2xlarge . 5503.00 |=================== m5.2xlarge ... 5094.33 |================== m5ad.4xlarge . 6272.00 |====================== m5a.4xlarge .. 8319.00 |============================= m5.4xlarge ... 9708.00 |================================== a1.2xlarge ... 15571.00 |====================================================== a1.4xlarge ... 14431.50 |================================================== Primesieve 7.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 76.97 |================= m5ad.2xlarge ........ 76.30 |================= m5.2xlarge .......... 62.15 |============== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 38.24 |======== m5a.4xlarge ......... 38.46 |======== m5.4xlarge .......... 31.06 |======= a1.2xlarge .......... 148.91 |================================= a1.4xlarge .......... 71.47 |================ Intel Core i7-5500U . 223.21 |================================================= Primesieve 7.4 Performance / Cost - 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 1.54 |==================== m5ad.2xlarge . 2.29 |============================== m5.2xlarge ... 1.24 |================ m5ad.4xlarge . 1.15 |=============== m5a.4xlarge .. 0.77 |========== m5.4xlarge ... 0.62 |======== a1.2xlarge ... 4.47 |========================================================== a1.4xlarge ... 2.14 |============================ asmFish 2018-07-23 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 7980807 |================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 8328787 |=================== m5.2xlarge .......... 10175757 |======================= m5ad.4xlarge ........ 15994554 |==================================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 15619592 |==================================== m5.4xlarge .......... 20605138 |=============================================== a1.2xlarge .......... 7565800 |================= a1.4xlarge .......... 15743121 |==================================== Intel Core i7-5500U . 4098213 |========= asmFish 2018-07-23 Performance / Cost - 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 79808070.00 |======================= m5ad.2xlarge . 75716245.45 |====================== m5.2xlarge ... 113063966.67 |================================ m5ad.4xlarge . 84181863.16 |======================== m5a.4xlarge .. 91879952.94 |========================== m5.4xlarge ... 158501061.54 |============================================= a1.2xlarge ... 126096666.67 |==================================== a1.4xlarge ... 174923566.67 |================================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 7553067 |=================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 7665654 |=================== m5.2xlarge .......... 9311255 |======================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 15080257 |====================================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 15294841 |======================================= m5.4xlarge .......... 18496508 |=============================================== Intel Core i7-5500U . 3695248 |========= Stockfish 9 Performance / Cost - Total Time Nodes Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 151061340.00 |================================= m5ad.2xlarge . 127760900.00 |============================ m5.2xlarge ... 186225100.00 |======================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 150802570.00 |================================= m5a.4xlarge .. 191185512.50 |========================================= m5.4xlarge ... 231206350.00 |================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 1960 |======================= m5ad.2xlarge ........ 1650 |==================== m5.2xlarge .......... 1357 |================ m5ad.4xlarge ........ 1663 |==================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 1655 |==================== m5.4xlarge .......... 1349 |================ a1.2xlarge .......... 4262 |=================================================== a1.4xlarge .......... 4254 |=================================================== Intel Core i7-5500U . 2062 |========================= PyBench 2018-02-16 Performance / Cost - Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 19.60 |========= m5ad.2xlarge . 16.50 |======= m5.2xlarge ... 13.57 |====== m5ad.4xlarge . 49.89 |====================== m5a.4xlarge .. 33.10 |=============== m5.4xlarge ... 26.98 |============ a1.2xlarge ... 85.24 |===================================== a1.4xlarge ... 127.62 |======================================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 24.37 |================================ m5ad.2xlarge ........ 20.76 |=========================== m5.2xlarge .......... 18.16 |======================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 18.84 |========================= m5a.4xlarge ......... 18.93 |========================= m5.4xlarge .......... 17.06 |======================= a1.2xlarge .......... 37.81 |================================================== a1.4xlarge .......... 32.70 |=========================================== Intel Core i7-5500U . 19.82 |========================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Performance / Cost - Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 0.24 |===================================== m5ad.2xlarge . 0.21 |================================ m5.2xlarge ... 0.18 |=========================== m5ad.4xlarge . 0.38 |========================================================== m5a.4xlarge .. 0.19 |============================= m5.4xlarge ... 0.17 |========================== a1.2xlarge ... 0.38 |========================================================== a1.4xlarge ... 0.33 |================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 316373 |============================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 365982 |=================================== m5.2xlarge .......... 506795 |================================================= m5ad.4xlarge ........ 366592 |=================================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 366029 |=================================== m5.4xlarge .......... 508371 |================================================= a1.2xlarge .......... 164159 |================ a1.4xlarge .......... 164999 |================ Intel Core i7-5500U . 335121 |================================ PHPBench 0.8.1 Performance / Cost - PHP Benchmark Suite Score Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 31637300.00 |================================ m5ad.2xlarge . 36598200.00 |===================================== m5.2xlarge ... 50679500.00 |=================================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 18329600.00 |================== m5a.4xlarge .. 18301450.00 |================== m5.4xlarge ... 50837100.00 |=================================================== a1.2xlarge ... 16415900.00 |================ a1.4xlarge ... 8249950.00 |======== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 12.92 |============================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 12.69 |============================== m5.2xlarge .......... 9.08 |===================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 9.14 |===================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 9.20 |===================== m5.4xlarge .......... 6.08 |============== Intel Core i7-5500U . 21.40 |================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 7.05 |====================================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 6.94 |===================================== m5.2xlarge .......... 4.65 |========================= m5ad.4xlarge ........ 4.67 |========================= m5a.4xlarge ......... 4.84 |========================== m5.4xlarge .......... 3.67 |==================== a1.2xlarge .......... 6.95 |====================================== a1.4xlarge .......... 6.10 |================================= Intel Core i7-5500U . 9.44 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 144 |=== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 194 |===== m5.2xlarge .......... 2167 |================================================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 905 |===================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 913 |===================== m5.4xlarge .......... 2193 |=================================================== a1.2xlarge .......... 488 |=========== a1.4xlarge .......... 499 |============ Intel Core i7-5500U . 1582 |===================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Performance / Cost - Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 7181.50 |==== m5ad.2xlarge . 9688.50 |===== m5.2xlarge ... 108365.00 |===================================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 22635.00 |=========== m5a.4xlarge .. 22815.75 |=========== m5.4xlarge ... 54826.75 |=========================== a1.2xlarge ... 48763.00 |======================== a1.4xlarge ... 24964.50 |============ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 246.00 |================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 240.00 |================== m5.2xlarge .......... 170.00 |============= m5ad.4xlarge ........ 127.00 |========= m5a.4xlarge ......... 127.00 |========= m5.4xlarge .......... 89.47 |======= a1.2xlarge .......... 656.60 |================================================= a1.4xlarge .......... 378.74 |============================ Intel Core i7-5500U . 471.01 |=================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Performance / Cost - Time To Compile Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 17.20 |============== m5ad.2xlarge . 21.63 |================= m5.2xlarge ... 10.19 |======== m5ad.4xlarge . 12.70 |========== m5a.4xlarge .. 10.13 |======== m5.4xlarge ... 5.37 |==== a1.2xlarge ... 72.23 |========================================================= a1.4xlarge ... 49.24 |======================================= 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 14382 |================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 14838 |=================== m5.2xlarge .......... 20988 |========================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 28189 |==================================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 28252 |==================================== m5.4xlarge .......... 39682 |================================================== a1.2xlarge .......... 13432 |================= a1.4xlarge .......... 25266 |================================ Intel Core i7-5500U . 9556 |============ 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Performance / Cost - Compress Speed Test MIPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 1438200.00 |==================================== m5ad.2xlarge . 741900.00 |================== m5.2xlarge ... 2098800.00 |==================================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 704725.00 |================= m5a.4xlarge .. 941733.33 |======================= m5.4xlarge ... 1322733.33 |================================= a1.2xlarge ... 1343200.00 |================================= a1.4xlarge ... 1263300.00 |=============================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 58.05 |====================================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 54.58 |==================================== m5.2xlarge .......... 35.66 |======================= m5ad.4xlarge ........ 33.49 |====================== m5a.4xlarge ......... 33.60 |====================== m5.4xlarge .......... 19.77 |============= a1.2xlarge .......... 65.99 |=========================================== a1.4xlarge .......... 40.08 |========================== Intel Core i7-5500U . 76.66 |================================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Performance / Cost - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 1.16 |========================================================== m5ad.2xlarge . 1.09 |======================================================= m5.2xlarge ... 0.36 |================== m5ad.4xlarge . 1.00 |================================================== m5a.4xlarge .. 0.67 |================================== m5.4xlarge ... 0.40 |==================== a1.2xlarge ... 0.66 |================================= a1.4xlarge ... 0.40 |==================== CloverLeaf Lagrangian-Eulerian Hydrodynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 5.88 |===================== m5ad.2xlarge ........ 5.48 |==================== m5.2xlarge .......... 3.27 |============ m5ad.4xlarge ........ 4.71 |================= m5a.4xlarge ......... 4.74 |================= m5.4xlarge .......... 1.87 |======= a1.2xlarge .......... 7.47 |=========================== a1.4xlarge .......... 5.68 |==================== Intel Core i7-5500U . 13.89 |================================================== NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge ......... 7.04382 |============================= m5ad.2xlarge ........ 6.95750 |============================= m5.2xlarge .......... 5.12792 |===================== m5ad.4xlarge ........ 3.49797 |============== m5a.4xlarge ......... 3.52828 |=============== m5.4xlarge .......... 2.56888 |=========== Intel Core i7-5500U . 11.39363 |=============================================== NAMD 2.13b1 Performance / Cost - ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 0.70 |===================================================== m5ad.2xlarge . 0.77 |========================================================== m5.2xlarge ... 0.41 |=============================== m5ad.4xlarge . 0.42 |================================ m5a.4xlarge .. 0.35 |========================== m5.4xlarge ... 0.23 |================= Cost To Run Tests Cost / Price Per Hour Cost / Price Per Hour < Lower Is Better m5a.2xlarge .. 0.64 |=================================== m5ad.2xlarge . 0.73 |======================================== m5.2xlarge ... 0.51 |============================ m5ad.4xlarge . 1.07 |========================================================== m5a.4xlarge .. 0.90 |================================================= m5.4xlarge ... 0.75 |========================================= a1.2xlarge ... 0.40 |====================== a1.4xlarge ... 0.57 |=============================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Performance / Cost - Pfam Database Search Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5ad.2xlarge . 0.13 |========================================================== m5ad.4xlarge . 0.09 |======================================== m5a.4xlarge .. 0.09 |======================================== m5.4xlarge ... 0.06 |=========================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Performance / Cost - Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5ad.4xlarge . 0.05 |========================================================== CloverLeaf Performance / Cost - Lagrangian-Eulerian Hydrodynamics Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better m5ad.4xlarge . 0.05 |==========================================================