TrialRun Running pts/stream-1.2.0, pts/network-loopback-1.0.3, pts/john-the-ripper-1.7.2, pts/encode-mp3-1.7.4, pts/openssl-1.11.0, pts/apache-1.7.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. t2-micro: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1057-aws (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon t2-small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1065-aws (x86_64), 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: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1065-aws (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better t2-small .. 4982.18 |================================ t2-medium . 8902.15 |========================================================== John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better t2-micro .. 990 |============================== t2-small .. 988 |============================== t2-medium . 1989 |============================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better t2-micro .. 14.31 |============================================================ t2-micro .. 14.25 |=========================================================== t2-small .. 14.43 |============================================================ t2-medium . 14.06 |========================================================== Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better t2-micro .. 20.45 |============================================================ t2-micro .. 20.44 |============================================================ t2-small .. 20.22 |=========================================================== t2-medium . 15.05 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better t2-micro .. 120.27 |============================= t2-small .. 119.80 |============================= t2-medium . 240.80 |=========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better t2-micro .. 11695.87 |============================== t2-small .. 11740.89 |============================== t2-medium . 22179.61 |=========================================================