Checking MIPS and 7z benchmark on a few AWS EC2 instances
You can read about the different EC2 instance types in the official doco.
This post compares a few different ARM and x86 EC2 families. We look at two things
- BogoMIPS
- 7zip benchmark, using a single core and using 2 cores
These numbers might not be “real world” but it gives you something to compare the different families.
BogoMIPS
From Wikipedia:
BogoMips (from “bogus” and MIPS) is a crude measurement of CPU speed made by the Linux kernel when it boots to calibrate an internal busy-loop.
One thing I found by comparing a c6g.medium to a c6g.large is that MIPS is
per-CPU. So having more CPUs attached to the instance will not change the
number. That’s good news that we only have to compare families of instances.
M5zn
$ lscpu
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8252C CPU @ 3.80GHz
BogoMIPS: 7599.99
c6a
$ lscpu
Model name: AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
BogoMIPS: 5299.98
c6g
$ lscpu
Model name: Neoverse-N1
BogoMIPS: 243.75
c6i
$ lscpu
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8375C CPU @ 2.90GHz
BogoMIPS: 5799.92
c7g
$ lscpu
Vendor ID: ARM
BogoMIPS: 2100.00
7z benchmark
The instances are using these AMIs (Ubuntu 22.04)
ARM: ami-0e2b332e63c56bcb5
x86: ami-0574da719dca65348
The benchmark is using 7zip, looped 4 times. We configure it to use just one, or both CPUs to see how that affects things.
The procedure after you create the instance is basically
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install p7zip-full
lscpu
7z b -mmt1 4
7z b -mmt2 4
single CPU
Here’s a summary version, with full details below
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
# M5zn
Avr: 100 4858 4858 | 100 4490 4489
Tot: 100 4674 4673
# c6a
Avr: 100 4436 4435 | 100 4545 4545
Tot: 100 4490 4490
# c6g
Avr: 100 3202 3202 | 100 3423 3422
Tot: 100 3313 3312
# c6i
Avr: 100 4917 4917 | 100 3981 3981
Tot: 100 4449 4449
# c7g
Avr: 100 3479 3478 | 100 4134 4134
Tot: 100 3806 3806
M5zn
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-163:~$ 7z b -mmt1 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8252C CPU @ 3.80GHz (50657),ASM,AES-NI)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8252C CPU @ 3.80GHz (50657)
CPU Freq: - - - - 128000000 - - - -
RAM size: 7653 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 435 MB, # Benchmark threads: 1
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 5177 100 5037 5036 | 52669 100 4497 4497
23: 4780 100 4871 4871 | 51942 100 4497 4496
24: 4375 100 4704 4704 | 51199 100 4495 4495
25: 4071 100 4649 4649 | 50234 100 4471 4471
22: 5270 100 5128 5127 | 52648 100 4496 4495
23: 4726 100 4816 4816 | 52030 100 4504 4504
24: 4402 100 4734 4734 | 51255 100 4500 4500
25: 4106 100 4690 4689 | 49962 100 4448 4447
22: 5186 100 5046 5046 | 52735 100 4503 4503
23: 4740 100 4831 4830 | 51903 100 4493 4493
24: 4350 100 4678 4677 | 51082 100 4485 4485
25: 4035 100 4609 4608 | 50110 100 4461 4460
22: 5468 100 5320 5320 | 52645 100 4495 4495
23: 4921 100 5015 5015 | 51644 100 4471 4470
24: 4497 100 4836 4836 | 51414 100 4514 4514
25: 4173 100 4766 4765 | 50614 100 4505 4505
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 100 4858 4858 | 100 4490 4489
Tot: 100 4674 4673
c6a
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-76:~$ 7z b -mmt1 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor (A00F11),ASM,AES-NI)
AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor (A00F11)
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 3821 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 435 MB, # Benchmark threads: 1
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 4891 100 4759 4759 | 53241 100 4546 4546
23: 4303 100 4385 4385 | 52585 100 4552 4552
24: 3927 100 4223 4223 | 51733 100 4542 4542
25: 3742 100 4273 4273 | 50547 100 4500 4499
22: 5159 100 5020 5020 | 53536 100 4571 4571
23: 4392 100 4476 4475 | 52759 100 4567 4567
24: 3892 100 4186 4185 | 51509 100 4522 4522
25: 3723 100 4251 4251 | 50674 100 4511 4510
22: 5044 100 4908 4908 | 53505 100 4569 4568
23: 4268 100 4350 4350 | 52737 100 4565 4565
24: 3925 100 4221 4221 | 51894 100 4556 4556
25: 3736 100 4267 4266 | 50938 100 4534 4534
22: 5000 100 4865 4865 | 53485 100 4567 4567
23: 4246 100 4327 4327 | 52625 100 4556 4555
24: 3927 100 4223 4222 | 51988 100 4565 4564
25: 3711 100 4238 4237 | 50518 100 4497 4496
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 100 4436 4435 | 100 4545 4545
Tot: 100 4490 4490
c6g
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-229:~$ 7z b -mmt1 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs LE)
LE
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - 1024000000 -
RAM size: 3816 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 435 MB, # Benchmark threads: 1
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 3267 100 3179 3179 | 40408 100 3450 3450
23: 3120 100 3180 3180 | 39658 100 3433 3433
24: 2968 100 3192 3192 | 38978 100 3422 3422
25: 2840 100 3244 3244 | 38185 100 3399 3399
22: 3311 100 3222 3222 | 40483 100 3457 3456
23: 3103 100 3163 3162 | 39651 100 3432 3432
24: 2969 100 3193 3193 | 38884 100 3414 3414
25: 2841 100 3244 3244 | 38025 100 3385 3385
22: 3297 100 3208 3207 | 40436 100 3453 3452
23: 3075 100 3133 3133 | 39596 100 3428 3427
24: 2958 100 3181 3180 | 38913 100 3416 3416
25: 2828 100 3230 3230 | 38101 100 3392 3391
22: 3239 100 3151 3151 | 40429 100 3452 3452
23: 3165 100 3225 3225 | 39705 100 3437 3437
24: 3016 100 3243 3243 | 38866 100 3412 3412
25: 2847 100 3251 3251 | 37970 100 3380 3380
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 100 3202 3202 | 100 3423 3422
Tot: 100 3313 3312
c6i
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-69:~$ 7z b -mmt1 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8375C CPU @ 2.90GHz (606A6),ASM,AES-NI)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8375C CPU @ 2.90GHz (606A6)
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 3843 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 435 MB, # Benchmark threads: 1
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 5809 100 5652 5651 | 46290 100 3953 3952
23: 5083 100 5180 5180 | 45974 100 3980 3980
24: 4251 100 4571 4571 | 45522 100 3997 3996
25: 3908 100 4463 4462 | 44811 100 3989 3988
22: 5748 100 5594 5592 | 46304 100 3954 3954
23: 4768 100 4859 4859 | 46026 100 3984 3984
24: 4231 100 4551 4550 | 45545 100 3999 3998
25: 3931 100 4490 4489 | 44848 100 3992 3992
22: 5600 100 5449 5448 | 46289 100 3952 3952
23: 5038 100 5134 5134 | 46004 100 3982 3982
24: 4299 100 4624 4623 | 45516 100 3996 3996
25: 3906 100 4461 4461 | 44831 100 3991 3990
22: 5641 100 5488 5488 | 46295 100 3953 3953
23: 5011 100 5106 5106 | 46038 100 3985 3985
24: 4282 100 4605 4605 | 45512 100 3996 3996
25: 3893 100 4445 4445 | 44849 100 3992 3992
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 100 4917 4917 | 100 3981 3981
Tot: 100 4449 4449
c7g
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-230:~$ 7z b -mmt1 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs LE)
LE
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 3816 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 435 MB, # Benchmark threads: 1
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 3620 100 3523 3522 | 49156 100 4197 4197
23: 3403 100 3468 3467 | 48047 100 4159 4159
24: 3229 100 3473 3472 | 46893 100 4117 4117
25: 3022 100 3452 3451 | 45549 100 4055 4054
22: 3657 100 3558 3558 | 49231 100 4204 4203
23: 3420 100 3486 3485 | 48025 100 4158 4157
24: 3227 100 3471 3470 | 46953 100 4122 4122
25: 3006 100 3433 3432 | 45598 100 4059 4059
22: 3621 100 3523 3523 | 49169 100 4198 4198
23: 3409 100 3474 3473 | 48101 100 4164 4164
24: 3233 100 3477 3477 | 46934 100 4121 4120
25: 3011 100 3438 3438 | 45504 100 4051 4050
22: 3626 100 3528 3528 | 49159 100 4198 4197
23: 3400 100 3465 3464 | 48067 100 4161 4161
24: 3234 100 3479 3478 | 46938 100 4121 4121
25: 2986 100 3410 3410 | 45682 100 4066 4066
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 100 3479 3478 | 100 4134 4134
Tot: 100 3806 3806
two CPUs
Here’s a summary version, with full details below
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
# M5zn
Avr: 184 4334 7963 | 200 3205 6406
Tot: 192 3769 7185
# c6a
Avr: 186 4342 8074 | 200 3700 7396
Tot: 193 4021 7735
# c6g
Avr: 184 3832 7068 | 200 3415 6825
Tot: 192 3624 6946
# c6i
Avr: 175 4318 7562 | 200 2752 5503
Tot: 188 3535 6532
# c7g
Avr: 185 5390 9989 | 200 4132 8258
Tot: 193 4761 9123
M5zn
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-163:~$ 7z b -mmt2 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8252C CPU @ 3.80GHz (50657),ASM,AES-NI)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8252C CPU @ 3.80GHz (50657)
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 7653 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 441 MB, # Benchmark threads: 2
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 8032 174 4483 7814 | 73663 200 3145 6289
23: 7694 183 4276 7840 | 73024 200 3161 6321
24: 7466 188 4264 8028 | 72090 200 3165 6329
25: 7182 190 4316 8200 | 71485 200 3183 6363
22: 7991 173 4488 7774 | 74945 200 3202 6399
23: 7744 185 4266 7890 | 72996 200 3160 6319
24: 7465 188 4269 8027 | 72665 200 3190 6379
25: 7187 190 4322 8206 | 73801 200 3288 6569
22: 8072 175 4493 7853 | 76706 200 3280 6549
23: 7735 183 4301 7881 | 73574 200 3185 6369
24: 7483 188 4282 8047 | 72246 200 3172 6343
25: 7161 191 4284 8177 | 71074 200 3164 6326
22: 7929 172 4481 7714 | 75526 200 3227 6448
23: 7716 184 4274 7862 | 75038 200 3251 6495
24: 7420 188 4233 7979 | 75106 200 3299 6594
25: 7114 188 4313 8123 | 71967 200 3205 6406
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 184 4334 7963 | 200 3205 6406
Tot: 192 3769 7185
c6a
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-76:~$ 7z b -mmt2 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor (A00F11),ASM,AES-NI)
AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor (A00F11)
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 3821 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 441 MB, # Benchmark threads: 2
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 7996 173 4488 7779 | 86818 200 3709 7413
23: 7834 188 4241 7982 | 86634 200 3755 7499
24: 7492 190 4230 8055 | 83650 200 3672 7344
25: 7381 191 4421 8428 | 82311 200 3664 7326
22: 8088 172 4571 7869 | 86631 200 3699 7397
23: 7852 188 4262 8001 | 85623 200 3706 7412
24: 7546 190 4263 8113 | 84151 200 3695 7388
25: 7381 191 4402 8428 | 82474 200 3671 7341
22: 8159 179 4435 7938 | 86581 200 3697 7392
23: 7801 189 4207 7949 | 86088 200 3731 7452
24: 7552 191 4257 8120 | 83671 200 3673 7346
25: 7343 193 4353 8385 | 82166 200 3658 7313
22: 7861 171 4479 7647 | 87214 200 3726 7446
23: 7848 190 4212 7997 | 85382 200 3696 7391
24: 7578 191 4276 8149 | 85972 200 3780 7548
25: 7312 191 4373 8350 | 82444 200 3671 7338
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 186 4342 8074 | 200 3700 7396
Tot: 193 4021 7735
c6g
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-229:~$ 7z b -mmt2 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs LE)
LE
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 3816 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 441 MB, # Benchmark threads: 2
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 6689 174 3734 6507 | 80753 200 3448 6895
23: 6800 184 3760 6929 | 79341 200 3435 6868
24: 6671 188 3806 7173 | 77340 200 3398 6790
25: 6490 187 3973 7411 | 75823 200 3379 6749
22: 7025 182 3765 6835 | 80755 200 3448 6895
23: 6898 183 3831 7028 | 79062 200 3425 6844
24: 6688 188 3825 7191 | 77722 200 3415 6823
25: 6463 186 3976 7380 | 75599 200 3370 6729
22: 7034 178 3839 6843 | 80684 200 3447 6889
23: 6926 187 3782 7057 | 79276 200 3432 6862
24: 6721 188 3841 7227 | 77547 200 3405 6808
25: 6434 186 3948 7347 | 75923 200 3382 6758
22: 6958 180 3765 6770 | 80551 200 3441 6877
23: 6878 189 3710 7008 | 79146 200 3428 6851
24: 6570 185 3824 7064 | 77790 200 3415 6829
25: 6403 186 3935 7311 | 75688 200 3373 6737
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 184 3832 7068 | 200 3415 6825
Tot: 192 3624 6946
c6i
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-69:~$ 7z b -mmt2 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8375C CPU @ 2.90GHz (606A6),ASM,AES-NI)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8375C CPU @ 2.90GHz (606A6)
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 3843 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 441 MB, # Benchmark threads: 2
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 7593 164 4516 7387 | 63876 200 2728 5454
23: 7283 173 4301 7421 | 63292 200 2740 5479
24: 7100 181 4209 7634 | 63158 200 2773 5545
25: 6924 186 4247 7907 | 61898 200 2755 5509
22: 7458 161 4516 7255 | 63958 200 2732 5461
23: 7267 173 4270 7405 | 63559 200 2751 5502
24: 7110 180 4237 7645 | 63512 200 2791 5576
25: 6844 188 4159 7815 | 61939 200 2758 5513
22: 7495 160 4564 7291 | 63797 200 2724 5447
23: 7338 171 4379 7478 | 63340 200 2742 5483
24: 7121 181 4229 7657 | 62846 200 2759 5517
25: 6927 187 4235 7910 | 61916 200 2756 5511
22: 7469 162 4498 7266 | 64591 200 2760 5515
23: 7258 174 4256 7396 | 63366 200 2743 5485
24: 7100 181 4224 7634 | 62810 200 2757 5514
25: 6915 186 4243 7895 | 62136 200 2767 5531
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 175 4318 7562 | 200 2752 5503
Tot: 188 3535 6532
c7g
ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-230:~$ 7z b -mmt2 4
7-Zip [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=C.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs LE)
LE
CPU Freq: - - - - - - - - -
RAM size: 3816 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 441 MB, # Benchmark threads: 2
Compressing | Decompressing
Dict Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KiB/s % MIPS MIPS | KiB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 10306 186 5389 10026 | 98213 200 4198 8385
23: 9693 186 5301 9877 | 96001 200 4159 8310
24: 9155 182 5398 9844 | 93609 200 4114 8218
25: 8875 185 5465 10133 | 91158 200 4059 8114
22: 10287 186 5369 10008 | 98249 200 4198 8389
23: 9663 185 5318 9846 | 96075 200 4161 8316
24: 9189 183 5409 9881 | 93663 200 4114 8223
25: 8616 179 5495 9838 | 91087 200 4057 8107
22: 10407 188 5395 10125 | 98193 200 4194 8384
23: 9930 189 5345 10118 | 96068 200 4160 8316
24: 9221 183 5420 9915 | 93734 200 4116 8229
25: 8728 183 5447 9966 | 91115 200 4057 8110
22: 10344 187 5373 10063 | 98227 200 4198 8387
23: 9728 187 5307 9912 | 95987 200 4157 8309
24: 9176 183 5378 9867 | 93606 200 4114 8218
25: 9111 192 5429 10403 | 91159 200 4059 8114
---------------------------------- | ------------------------------
Avr: 185 5390 9989 | 200 4132 8258
Tot: 193 4761 9123