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CMIPS v.1.03 benchmarks updated with CloudSigma and Azure

Here are provided the CMIPS results after the past tests with Microsoft Azure and CloudSigma Cloud.

* Please note that values published in the graph for CloudSigma’s CMIPS are the max obtained, as results fluctuated during the tests, as indicated in the review. The range is below, on the html table.

*2 Costs for CloudSigma came in EUR, so have been exchanged from EUR to USD using google. Prices show subscription (not burst mode)

And the CUP (Cost per Unit Process), the orange bar.

Detailed results:

Type of Service	Provider	Name of the product	Codename	Zone	Processor	Ghz Processor	Cores (from htop)	RAM (GB)	Os tested	CMIPS	Execution time (seconds)	USD /hour	USD /month
Cloud	Amazon	T1 Micro	t1.micro	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	0.613	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	49	20,036.7	$0.02	$14.40
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Small	m1.small	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	1.6	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	203	4,909.89	$0.06	$43.20
Cloud	GoGrid	Extra Small (512 MB)	Extra Small	US-East-1	Intel Xeon E5520	2.27	1	0.5	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	441	2,265.14	$0.04	$18.13
Physical (laptop)					Intel SU4100	1.4	2	4	Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64 bits	460	2,170.32
Cloud	CloudSigma	1 Core / 1 Ghz	1 Core / 1 Ghz	Zurich (Europe)	Amd Opteron 6380	2.5 Ghz to 3.4 Ghz with Turbo	1	1	Ubuntu Server 12.04.3 64 bits	565 to 440	1,800	$0.04475	$32,22
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Large	m1.large	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	2	7.5	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	817	1,223.67	$0.24	$172.80
Cloud	Linode	1x priority (smallest)	1x priority	London	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	8	1	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	1,427	700.348	n/a	$20
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Extra Large	m1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	1,635	606.6	$0.48	$345.60
Cloud	CloudSigma	3 Core / 1,667 Ghz each / 5 Ghz Total	3 Core / 1,667 Ghz each / 5 Ghz Total	Zurich (Europe)	Amd Opteron 6380	2.5 Ghz to 3.4 Ghz with Turbo	3	1	Ubuntu Server 13.10 64 bits	1928 to 1675	518.64	$0.1875	$135
Cloud	Amazon	M3 Extra Large	m3.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	2,065	484.1	$0.50	$360
Cloud	Linode	2x priority	2x priority	Dallas, Texas, US	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6		2	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	2,556	391.19	n/a	$40
Cloud	GoGrid	Extra Large (8GB)	Extra Large	US-East-1	Intel Xeon E5520	2.27	8	8	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	2,965	327.226	$0.64	$290
Cloud	Amazon	C1 High CPU Extra Large	c1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5506	2.13	8	7	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,101	322.39	$0.58	$417.60
Dedicated	OVH	Server EG 24G	EG 24G	France	Intel Xeon W3530	2.8	8	24	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,881	257.01	n/a	$99
Cloud	Amazon	M2 High Memory Quadruple Extra Large	m2.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2665	2.4	8	68.4	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	4,281	233.545	$1.64	$1,180.80
Cloud	Rackspace	RackSpace First Generation 30 GB RAM – 8 Cores – 1200 GB		US	Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2374 HE	2.2	8	30	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	4,539	220.89	$1.98	$1,425.60
Physical (desktop workstation)					Intel Core i7-4770S	3.1 (to 3.9 with turbo)	8	32	Ubuntu Desktop 13.04 64 bits	5,842	171.56
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 48GB RAM – 16 Cores – 480 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		16	48	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,172	161.996	$0.705	$480
Cloud	Amazon	High I/O Quadruple Extra Large	hi1.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5620	2.4	16	60.5	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,263	159.65	$3.1	$2,232
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 64GB RAM – 20 Cores – 640 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		20	64	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	8,116	123.2	$0.941	$640
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 96GB RAM – 24 Cores – 960 GB SSD		New York 2	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		24	96	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	9,733	102.743	$1.411	$960
Cloud	GoGrid	XXX Large (24GB)	XXX Large	US-East-1	Intel Xeon X5650	2.67	32	24	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	10,037	99.6226	$1.92	$870
Cloud	CloudSigma	24 Core / 52 Ghz Total	24 Core / 52 Ghz Total	Zurich (Europe)	Amd Opteron 6380	2.5 Ghz to 3.4 Ghz with Turbo	24	1	Ubuntu Server 13.10 64 bits	10979 to 8530	98	$0.9975	$718.20
Cloud	Amazon	Memory Optimized CR1 Cluster 8xlarge	cr1.8xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	32	244	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits for HVM instances (Cluster)	16,468	60.721	$3.5	$2,520
Cloud	Amazon	Compute Optimized CC2 Cluster 8xlarge	cc2.8xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	32	60.5	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits for HVM instances (Cluster)	16,608	60.21	$2.4	$1,728
Cloud	CloudSigma	37 Core / 2.16 Ghz each / 80 Ghz Total	37 Core / 2.16 Ghz each / 80 Ghz Total	Zurich (Europe)	Amd Opteron 6380	2.5 Ghz to 3.4 Ghz with Turbo	37	1	Ubuntu Server 13.10 64 bits	17136 to 8539	58	$1.5195	$1,094.10

CMIPS v.1.0.3 with GoGrid

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I introduce the tests for GoGrid Cloud Instances.

I tested three instances:

The smallest 1 core – 0.5 GB Ram
The medium-sized Extra Large – 8 GB Ram
The biggest XXX Large – 24 GB Ram

The biggest XXX Large comes with 1.2 TB (1,200 GB) of disk storage.

The tests have been done with Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bit because latest Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bit was not listed in the available OS list.

Must be remarked that GoGrid makes easy to select a reserved provisioning for long term, in the moment of creation of the instance, Extra Large (8GB) for example, the user is asked if he wants to go with a Subscription Term:

hourly at USD $0.64/hour
monthly at $290/month, instead of $460.80 (720 hours * $0.64/h)
Semiannual/half-yearly at $1,596/6 months, instead of $2,764.80 ($460.80 * 6) (Also $290 * 6 = $1,740)
yearly at $2,900/year, instead of $5,529.60 ($490.80 * 12)

Must be highlighted that they allow to hire a Cloud Server or a Physical Dedicated Server, from the same wizard.

Is always nice to be able to create hybrid infrastructures, specially if you want really powerful Database Servers connected to your Webserver Instances, in the same network.

Is also remarkable that the smaller instance, with 1 Core and only 0.5 GB of Ram comes with 25 GB of disk storage. That’s good.

That smaller instance, Extra Small is called, performs just a bit less than my low-performance-high-battery Intel SU4100 Laptop, and double than Amazon’s M1 Small and 9 times more than Amazon’s t1.micro.

The Dedicated Servers start from US $300 per month. Would not be nice to be able to rent a Physical, Dedicated Server per hours as well? Or at least by days?.

I think people would try more often, as paying $10 per one day Server, for testing, is not so aggressively risky as having to try for a minimum of a month and investing $300 may be just to discover that this Server is not powerful enough, or that the Internet bandwidth does not fit your requirements.

Other thing curious is that they charge per Server, even if it is stopped. So to stop paying you have to delete the Server. If you stop it, you continue paying for the provisioned resources (disk and Ip address).

And I was surprised that in their Terms and Conditions they do not allow to use the servers as IRC Servers.

The registration process needs to perform a phone call, and supports many languages, and I tried Catalan, my language, and worked flawlessly.

Detailed results:

Type of Service	Provider	Name of the product	Codename	Zone	Processor	Ghz Processor	Cores (from htop)	RAM (GB)	Os tested	CMIPS	Execution time (seconds)	USD /hour	USD /month
Cloud	Amazon	T1 Micro	t1.micro	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	0.613	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	49	20,036.7	$0.02	$14.40
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Small	m1.small	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	1.6	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	203	4,909.89	$0.06	$43.20
Cloud	GoGrid	Extra Small (512 MB)	Extra Small	US-East-1	Intel Xeon E5520	2.27	1	0.5	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	441	2,265.14	$0.04	$18.13
Physical (laptop)					Intel SU4100	1.4	2	4	Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64 bits	460	2,170.32
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Large	m1.large	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	2	7.5	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	817	1,223.67	$0.24	$172.80
Cloud	Linode	1x priority (smallest)	1x priority	London	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	8	1	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	1,427	700.348	n/a	$20
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Extra Large	m1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	1,635	606.6	$0.48	$345.60
Cloud	Amazon	M3 Extra Large	m3.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	2,065	484.1	$0.50	$360
Cloud	Linode	2x priority	2x priority	Dallas, Texas, US	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6		2	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	2,556	391.19	n/a	$40
Cloud	GoGrid	Extra Large (8GB)	Extra Large	US-East-1	Intel Xeon E5520	2.27	8	8	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	2,965	327.226	$0.64	$290
Cloud	Amazon	C1 High CPU Extra Large	c1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5506	2.13	8	7	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,101	322.39	$0.58	$417.60
Dedicated	OVH	Server EG 24G	EG 24G	France	Intel Xeon W3530	2.8	8	24	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,881	257.01	n/a	$99
Cloud	Amazon	M2 High Memory Quadruple Extra Large	m2.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2665	2.4	8	68.4	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	4,281	233.545	$1.64	$1,180.80
Cloud	Rackspace	RackSpace First Generation 30 GB RAM – 8 Cores – 1200 GB		US	Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2374 HE	2.2	8	30	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	4,539	220.89	$1.98	$1,425.60
Physical (desktop workstation)					Intel Core i7-4770S	3.1 (to 3.9 with turbo)	8	32	Ubuntu Desktop 13.04 64 bits	5,842	171.56
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 48GB RAM – 16 Cores – 480 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		16	48	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,172	161.996	$0.705	$480
Cloud	Amazon	High I/O Quadruple Extra Large	hi1.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5620	2.4	16	60.5	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,263	159.65	$3.1	$2,232
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 64GB RAM – 20 Cores – 640 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		20	64	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	8,116	123.2	$0.941	$640
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 96GB RAM – 24 Cores – 960 GB SSD		New York 2	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		24	96	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	9,733	102.743	$1.411	$960
Cloud	GoGrid	XXX Large (24GB)	XXX Large	US-East-1	Intel Xeon X5650	2.67	32	24	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	10,037	99.6226	$1.92	$870
Cloud	Amazon	Memory Optimized CR1 Cluster 8xlarge	cr1.8xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	32	244	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits for HVM instances (Cluster)	16,468	60.721	$3.5	$2,520
Cloud	Amazon	Compute Optimized CC2 Cluster 8xlarge	cc2.8xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	32	60.5	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits for HVM instances (Cluster)	16,608	60.21	$2.4	$1,728

Updated CMIPS V1.0.3 Stats with Cluster Amazon Instances

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Update: Article updated and more data provided here.

I update the results, adding newly introduced Amazon Cluster instances on January 2013:

Compute Optimized CC2 Cluster 8xlarge – cc2.8xlarge – Available in US East (North Virginia) – with 88 ECUS (Amazon computing unit) and 16 cores (but 32 cores detected by htop), 60 GB RAM, featuring an amazing 16,608 CMIPS and taking 60.21 seconds to complete the tests
Memory Optimized CR1 Cluster 8xlarge – cr1.8xlarge – with 88 ECUS also (32 cores shown by htop), 244 GB RAM, and featuring 16,468 CMIPS despite having the same CPU Intel Xeon E5-2670 at 2.6 Ghz, taking 60,721 seconds, and equipped with “local” SSD disks. I’m taking complete tests on disk performance that will be added soon

Stats have been updated to show (public today) price per hour and per month of the instances.

Detailed results:

Type of Service	Provider	Name of the product	Codename	Zone	Processor	Ghz Processor	Cores (from htop)	RAM (GB)	Os tested	CMIPS	Execution time (seconds)	USD /hour	USD /month
Cloud	Amazon	T1 Micro	t1.micro	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	0.613	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	49	20,036.7	$0.02	$14.40
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Small	m1.small	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	1.6	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	203	4,909.89	$0.06	$43.20
Physical (laptop)					Intel SU4100	1.4	2	4	Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64 bits	460	2,170.32
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Large	m1.large	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	2	7.5	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	817	1,223.67	$0.24	$172.80
Cloud	Linode	1x priority (smallest)	1x priority	London	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	8	1	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	1,427	700.348	n/a	$20
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Extra Large	m1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	1,635	606.6	$0.48	$345.60
Cloud	Amazon	M3 Extra Large	m3.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	2,065	484.1	$0.50	$360
Cloud	Linode	2x priority	2x priority	Dallas, Texas, US	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6		2	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	2,556	391.19	n/a	$40
Cloud	Amazon	C1 High CPU Extra Large	c1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5506	2.13	8	7	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,101	322.39	$0.58	$417.60
Dedicated	OVH	Server EG 24G	EG 24G	France	Intel Xeon W3530	2.8	8	24	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,881	257.01	n/a	$99
Cloud	Amazon	M2 High Memory Quadruple Extra Large	m2.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2665	2.4	8	68.4	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	4,281	233.545	$1.64	$1,180.80
Cloud	Rackspace	RackSpace First Generation 30 GB RAM – 8 Cores – 1200 GB		US	Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2374 HE	2.2	8	30	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	4,539	220.89	$1.98	$1,425.60
Physical (desktop workstation)					Intel Core i7-4770S	3.1 (to 3.9 with turbo)	8	32	Ubuntu Desktop 13.04 64 bits	5,842	171.56
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 48GB RAM – 16 Cores – 480 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		16	48	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,172	161.996	$0.705	$480
Cloud	Amazon	High I/O Quadruple Extra Large	hi1.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5620	2.4	16	60.5	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,263	159.65	$3.1	$2,232
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 64GB RAM – 20 Cores – 640 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		20	64	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	8,116	123.2	$0.941	$640
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 96GB RAM – 24 Cores – 960 GB SSD		New York 2	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		24	96	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	9,733	102.743	$1.411	$960
Cloud	Amazon	Memory Optimized CR1 Cluster 8xlarge	cr1.8xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	32	244	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits for HVM instances (Cluster)	16,468	60.721	$3.5	$2,520
Cloud	Amazon	Compute Optimized CC2 Cluster 8xlarge	cc2.8xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	32	60.5	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits for HVM instances (Cluster)	16,608	60.21	$2.4	$1,728

Updated Stats with RackSpace (first gen), Linode, Digital Ocean, Core I7-4770S

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Update: Article updated and more data provided here.

New CMIPS v. 1.0.3 measurements with:

RackSpace First Generation instance. 30 GB RAM – 8 Cores – 1200 GB Disk with a Processor Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2374 HE and performing 4,539 CMIPS, and taking 220.289 seconds to complete the test
Digital Ocean 96GB RAM – 24 Cores – 960 GB SSD with unknown processor due to virtualization layer (identified as QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0), performing 9,733 CMIPS, taking only 102.743 seconds
Other Digital Ocean medium instances
Linode, the smallest one with an Intel Xeon E5-2670 at 2.6 Ghz, 1,427 CMIPS and 700.34 seconds to complete tests
Linode, 2x priority with same CPU and 2,556 CMIPS, 391.18 seconds
A new Intel Desktop CPU, Core i7-4770S, performing an astonishing 5,842 CMIPS, 171.56 seconds to complete the tests (is my work’s computer)

More CMIPS means more performance, and time is the number of seconds needed to do the tests, so less is better.

Detailed data

Type of Service	Provider	Name of the product	Codename	Zone	Processor	Ghz Processor	Cores (from htop)	RAM (GB)	Os tested	CMIPS	Execution time (seconds)
Cloud	Amazon	T1 Micro	t1.micro	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	0.613	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	49	20,036.7
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Small	m1.small	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	1	1.6	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	203	4,909.89
Physical (laptop)					Intel SU4100	1.4	2	4	Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64 bits	460	2,170.32
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Large	m1.large	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	2	7.5	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	817	1,223.67
Cloud	Linode	Smallest		London	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6		2	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	1,427	700.348
Cloud	Amazon	M1 Extra Large	m1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2650	2	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	1,635	606.6
Cloud	Amazon	M3 Extra Large	m3.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6	4	15	Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits	2,065	484.1
Cloud	Linode	2x priority	2x priority	Dallas, Texas, US	Intel Xeon E5-2670	2.6		2	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	2,556	391.19
Cloud	Amazon	C1 High CPU Extra Large	c1.xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5506	2.13	8	7	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,101	322.39
Dedicated	OVH	Server EG 24G	EG 24G	France	Intel Xeon W3530	2.8	8	24	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	3,881	257.01
Cloud	Amazon	M2 High Memory Quadruple Extra Large	m2.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5-2665	2.4	8	68.4	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	4,281	233.545
Cloud	Rackspace	RackSpace First Generation 30 GB RAM – 8 Cores – 1200 GB		US	Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2374 HE	2.2	8	30	Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bits	4,539	220.89
Physical (desktop workstation)					Intel Core i7-4770S	3.1 (to 3.9 with turbo)	8	32	Ubuntu Desktop 13.04 64 bits	5,842	171.56
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 48GB RAM – 16 Cores – 480 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		16	48	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,172	161.996
Cloud	Amazon	High I/O Quadruple Extra Large	hi1.4xlarge	US East	Intel Xeon E5620	2.4	16	60.5	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	6,263	159.65
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 64GB RAM – 20 Cores – 640 GB SSD		Amsterdam 1	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		20	64	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	8,116	123.2
Cloud	Digital Ocean	Digital Ocean 96GB RAM – 24 Cores – 960 GB SSD		New York 2	QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0		24	96	Ubuntu Server 13.04 64 bits	9,733	102.743