c3.4xlarge vs x2gd.4xlarge

Instance Typec3.4xlargex2gd.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory 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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
2 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory30 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlargex2gd.12xlarge, x2gd.16xlarge, x2gd.2xlarge, x2gd.4xlarge, x2gd.8xlarge, x2gd.large, x2gd.medium, x2gd.metal, x2gd.xlarge
Generationsc3.4xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c7i.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge
Variantsx2iedn.4xlarge, x2iezn.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units55
Instance Storage2 x 160 SSD1 x 950 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.40x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c3.4xlarge
x2gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)0.9190n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.95601.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.9560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.0080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.0210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.0320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.0580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.0580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.3000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.3360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.84001.3360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.84001.3360
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