Re:The cpu_features library
by bobbyi_settv on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:37PM
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A related note: Don't assume that all AWS EC2 instances of a given type use identical CPUs.
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When the processor model varies for more recent generations of EC2 instances it is documented here: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
Scroll down to get to the table that includes Physical Processor, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, etc.
T2 instances do run on a number of different processor models, therefore it is listed as "Intel Xeon Family." M4 instances run on Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell) or Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell), though m4.10xlarge only runs on Haswell and m4.16xlarge only runs on Broadwell. Pay close attention to the * in the table for those instances that run on either Haswell or Broadwell.
Generally you will find that the recent generations of EC2 instances for C and R have identical CPUs within a generation.
Re:The cpu_features library
by mbajkowski on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @09:29PM
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very good point, this has been my experience as well, particularly for burstable instances such as the T2s