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c4.large vs c3.large

Instance Typec4.largec3.large
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute 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
4 – Generation
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory3.75 GiB3.75 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.xlargec3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge
Generationsc3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.largec3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large
SageMakerml.c4.large
OpenSearchc4.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units87
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 16 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c4.large
c3.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1000n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)n/a0.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10000.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1550n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11000.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.11300.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.11400.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.11400.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.11500.1320
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.11900.1320
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.12000.1630
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1000n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10000.1050
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1050
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