ARM64 vs X86 quick benchmark - Scaleway
Post date: May 1, 2017 5:36:00 AM
Quick comparison of platforms using 7-zip benchmark to test CPU & RAM.
ARM64, ARMv8 (ARM64-2GB)
7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,2 CPUs)
RAM size: 1994 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 425 MB, # Benchmark threads: 2
Dict Compressing | Decompressing
Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KB/s % MIPS MIPS | KB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 1744 144 1179 1696 | 38296 197 1753 3457
23: 1696 148 1167 1728 | 38261 200 1752 3503
24: 1698 156 1170 1826 | 37641 199 1751 3493
25: 1682 164 1170 1920 | 37654 200 1771 3541
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Avr: 153 1172 1793 199 1756 3499
Tot: 176 1464 2646
X86 (VC1S)
7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,2 CPUs)
RAM size: 2001 MB, # CPU hardware threads: 2
RAM usage: 425 MB, # Benchmark threads: 2
Dict Compressing | Decompressing
Speed Usage R/U Rating | Speed Usage R/U Rating
KB/s % MIPS MIPS | KB/s % MIPS MIPS
22: 2405 167 1399 2340 | 41656 200 1882 3761
23: 2437 175 1421 2483 | 40856 199 1875 3740
24: 2484 186 1435 2671 | 39786 199 1858 3692
25: 2213 187 1354 2527 | 39334 199 1855 3699
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Avr: 179 1402 2505 199 1867 3723
Tot: 189 1635 3114
Pricing
Both options cost 2,99 € / month or 0,006 € / hour,
Location
Hosted in Paris or Amsterdam.
Provider
Conclusion
There's no reason to use ARM in this case. I usually do database related stuff, and X86 performance seems to be clearly better on CPU & RAM level, which is stressed by this data compression test (7-zip).
Update (2017-07-07)
Since creation this post, Scaleway has doubled the ARM cores / offer. Now the ARM64 / ARMv8 CPU offers do provide superior bang for buck.
Other
Scaleway is just like UpCloud. Setting up and launching everything takes just minutes. Some other service providers haven't even started 'price negotiation' when you're up'n'running in production with these service providers. That's awesome. Also billing by hour is very neat, especially when doing tests like these. You can start and stop new environments at anytime with minimal costs. Like these tests I run, and played a bit around costing me about 0,012 € ouch!
Other providers
It's worth of noting that the X86 (VC1S) delivers better performance and lot more disk space than the OVH SSD 2 which costs exactly twice more.
OVH total final numbers on 7-zip test:
Tot: 100 2974 2969