r6a.large vs c3.large
| r6a.large | c3.large |
| Memory optimized | Compute optimized |
| High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps. r – RAM / memory optimized 6 – Generation a – AMD processor 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 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 16 GiB | 3.75 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge) |
| 3.6 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| r6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlarge | c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge |
| r5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.large | c3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large |
| r6g.large, r6gd.large, r6i.large, r6id.large, r6idn.large, r6in.large | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| 7 | |
| EBS only | 2 x 16 SSD |
| default | unsupported |
| supported | supported |
| required | unsupported |
| up to 6667 MBps | |
| 650 Mbps | |
| 81.25 Mbps | |
| 3600 IOPS | |
| 40000 IOPS | |
| 10000 Mbps | |
| 1250 Mbps | |
| Up to 12500 Megabit | Moderate |
| yes | yes |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 10 | 10 |
| yes | yes |
| required | unsupported |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.06x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | r6a.large | c3.large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2) | 0.0715 | n/a |
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.0715 | n/a |
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2) | n/a | 0.1150 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1134 | 0.1200 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.1368 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1134 | 0.1200 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1242 | 0.1260 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1260 | 0.1280 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1269 | 0.1290 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1332 | 0.1320 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1359 | 0.1320 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1368 | 0.1630 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.1368 | n/a |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.1134 | 0.1050 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 0.1050 |