c3.4xlarge vs d2.4xlarge

Instance Typec3.4xlarged2.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsObsolete. 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
4xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
2 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory30 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarged2.2xlarge, d2.4xlarge, d2.8xlarge, d2.xlarge
Generationsc3.4xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarged2.4xlarge, d3.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units5556
Instance Storage2 x 160 SSD12 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput2000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2000 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput250 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2000 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput250 Mbps250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c3.4xlarge
d2.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)0.9190n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.95602.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.3060
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a3.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a3.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.5000
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.8280
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.95602.9400
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.00803.0360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.02103.0870
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.03203.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.05803.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.05803.1250
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.30003.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a3.2340
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.7600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.84002.7600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.84002.7600
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