c3.large vs im4gn.large

Instance Typec3.largeim4gn.large
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
large – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory3.75 GiB8 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.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsc3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large
OpenSearchim4gn.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units7
Instance Storage2 x 16 SSD1 x 937 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance5000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.63x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c3.large
im4gn.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)0.1150n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.12000.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12000.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.12600.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.12800.2065
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.12900.2110
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.13200.2111
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.13200.2111
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.16300.2134
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.2169
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1819
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10500.1819
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.10500.1819
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