(ref-performance-benchmarks)=
# Performance benchmarks

The following benchmarks give an overview of the performance that you can achieve with Anbox Cloud.

The benchmarks were performed using the `amc benchmark` utility as described in {ref}`howto-run-benchmarks`. The results describe the maximum number of parallel running instances (column **# Containers**) delivering a stable frame rate (column **Avg. FPS**). Running more instances either gives a very high variation in the provided frame rate or is not possible due to other hardware limitations such as system memory, GPU memory etc.

For most of the benchmarks below, a special version of the [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad) application was used. This version runs in a demo mode in which the game provides random and automated simulated gameplay. This allowed the benchmark to simulate a real-world scenario where actual users would play the game, instead of deriving from a static game scene without much variation.

All benchmarks were performed with a variation of the following `amc benchmark` command:

    amc benchmark --network-address 192.168.100.1 -n <number of instances> \
        -p webrtc -f -s 0.1 --measure-time 5m \
        --userdata '{"display_width":1280,"display_height":720,"fps":30,"benchmark":{"enabled":true}}' \
        <app name>

```{note}
All benchmarks include rendering and video encoding. On machines/VMs without a GPU, rendering and video encoding are performed in software on the CPU. See {ref}`sec-sw-rendering-video-encoding` for more information.
```

## Bare metal

| Hardware     | Anbox Cloud version | Rendering / encoding | Resolution | Application     | # Containers | Avg. FPS |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------------|---------------------|--------------|---------|
| Ampere Altra + 1x NVIDIA Tesla T4   | 1.11.2 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 720p       | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad)    | 30           | 29      |
| Ampere Altra + 2x NVIDIA Tesla T4   | 1.11.2 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 720p       | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad)    | 55           | 29      |
| Ampere Altra + 1x NVIDIA Tesla T4   | 1.11.2 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 1080p      | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad)    | 20           | 28      |
| Ampere Altra + 2x NVIDIA Tesla T4   | 1.11.2 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 1080p      | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad)    | 50           | 26      |

## AWS

| Instance type | Anbox Cloud version | Rendering / encoding | Resolution | Application         | # Containers | Avg. FPS |
|---------------|---------------------|----------------------|------------|---------------------|--------------|---------|
| `m6g.2xlarge` | 1.11.2 (appliance)  | software / software  | 720p       | Android 10 Launcher | 3            | 20      |
| `m5a.2xlarge` | 1.11.2 (appliance)  | software / software  | 720p       | Android 10 Launcher | 3            | 13      |
| `g5g.metal`   | 1.12.1 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 720p       | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad) | 55 | 28 |
| `g5g.metal`   | 1.12.1 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 720p       | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad) | 40 | 55 |
| `g5g.metal`   | 1.12.1 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 1080p      | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad) | 40 | 27 |
| `g5g.metal`   | 1.12.1 (appliance)  | hardware / hardware  | 1080p      | [BombSquad](https://www.froemling.net/apps/bombsquad) | 20 | 57 |