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a1.2xlarge vs d3en.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlarged3en.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
3 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarged3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlarge
Variantsd3.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 14000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface155
IPv6 Addresses per Interface155
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x5.66x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
d3en.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.2830
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20401.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23041.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23281.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23521.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25681.5250
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2664n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2040n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20401.0510
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.0510
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