c8i.2xlarge vs c3.2xlarge

Instance Typec8i.2xlargec3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlargec3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge
Generationsc6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlargec3.2xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units28
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 80 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8i.2xlarge
c3.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3748n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3674n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3748n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)n/a0.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.37480.4780
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4322n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4674n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4719n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4895n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5777n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37480.4780
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.37480.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40130.5110
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.40220.5160
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40220.5290
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.41010.5290
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.42340.6500
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4278n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.4200
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4200
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