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 |