c3.large vs x8i.large

Instance Typec3.largex8i.large
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.

cCompute optimized
3 – Generation
large – 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory3.75 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlargex8i.12xlarge, x8i.16xlarge, x8i.24xlarge, x8i.2xlarge, x8i.32xlarge, x8i.48xlarge, x8i.4xlarge, x8i.64xlarge, x8i.8xlarge, x8i.96xlarge, x8i.large, x8i.metal-48xl, x8i.metal-96xl, x8i.xlarge
Generationsc3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large
Variantsx8aedz.large, x8g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units7
Instance Storage2 x 16 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.98x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c3.large
x8i.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)0.1150n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.12000.2258
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12000.2496
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.12600.2626
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.12800.2757
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.12900.3064
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1630n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.2188
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10500.2188
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.10500.2188
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