Amazon Linux 2023 Is Running Well, Boosting EC2 Performance Over Amazon Linux 2

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 17 March 2023 at 10:30 AM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 9 Comments.
Timed FFmpeg Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. Amazon Linux 2 was the fastest.
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation benchmark with settings of Build: defconfig. Amazon Linux 2 was the fastest.

The newer compiler toolchain of Amazon Linux 2023 can mean slower build times though. From GCC 7 to GCC 11 are many new optimizations and other compiler features that increase build times in exchange for faster run-time performance, better code warnings/errors, and similar benefits.

OpenSSL benchmark with settings of . Amazon Linux 2023 was the fastest.
OpenSSL benchmark with settings of . Amazon Linux 2023 was the fastest.

The shift from using OpenSSL 1.0.2 by default to now using the OpenSSL 3.0 series meant some very nice speed-ups.

Memcached benchmark with settings of Set To Get Ratio: 1:5. Amazon Linux 2 was the fastest.
Memcached benchmark with settings of Set To Get Ratio: 1:10. Amazon Linux 2 was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Only. Amazon Linux 2023 was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Only, Average Latency. Amazon Linux 2023 was the fastest.

Workloads like PostgreSQL and Memcached didn't see much change out of this Amazon Linux upgrade on AWS Graviton3.


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