a1.4xlarge vs d3.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlarged3.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB128 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.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsd2.4xlarge, d3.4xlarge
Variantsd3en.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only12 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps350 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x5.33x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.4xlarge
d3.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40802.0950
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.8950
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.8970
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46082.2010
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46562.3940
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47042.4370
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51362.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53282.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.5590
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.5590
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.5590
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40801.9980
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40801.9980
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.9980
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