c3.large vs x8i.large
| c3.large | x8i.large |
| Compute optimized | Memory optimized |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3.75 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge) | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| 2.8 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge | x8i.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 |
| c3.large, c4.large, c5.large, c6i.large, c7i.large, c8i.large | |
| x8aedz.large, x8g.large | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| 7 | |
| 2 x 16 SSD | EBS only |
| unsupported | default |
| supported | supported |
| unsupported | required |
| up to 10000 MBps | |
| 650 Mbps | |
| 81.25 Mbps | |
| 3600 IOPS | |
| 40000 IOPS | |
| 10000 Mbps | |
| 1250 Mbps | |
| Moderate | Up to 12500 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 20 |
| yes | yes |
| unsupported | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.98x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c3.large | x8i.large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2) | 0.1150 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1200 | 0.2258 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1200 | 0.2496 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1260 | 0.2626 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1280 | 0.2757 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1290 | 0.3064 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1320 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1320 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1630 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.2188 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.1050 | 0.2188 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.1050 | 0.2188 |