c4.xlarge vs c3.xlarge
| c4.xlarge | c3.xlarge |
| Compute optimized | Compute 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 4 – Generation xlarge – 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 xlarge – Size |
| 4 | 4 |
| 7.5 GiB | 7.5 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell) | Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge) |
| 2.9 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| c4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.xlarge | c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge |
| c1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge | c1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge |
| ml.c4.xlarge | |
| c4.xlarge.search | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| 16 | 14 |
| EBS only | 2 x 40 SSD |
| default | supported |
| supported | supported |
| unsupported | unsupported |
| 750 MBps | |
| 750 Mbps | 500 Mbps |
| 93.75 Mbps | 62.5 Mbps |
| 6000 IOPS | 4000 IOPS |
| 6000 IOPS | 4000 IOPS |
| 750 Mbps | 500 Mbps |
| 93.75 Mbps | 62.5 Mbps |
| High | Moderate |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 15 | 15 |
| yes | yes |
| unsupported | unsupported |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.07x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c4.xlarge | c3.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2) | n/a | 0.2300 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2000 | 0.2390 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.2520 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.2520 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.2610 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.3090 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2180 | 0.2390 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2260 | 0.2520 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2270 | 0.2550 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2270 | 0.2580 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2310 | 0.2650 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2370 | 0.2650 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.2390 | 0.3250 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.2490 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.1990 | n/a |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.1990 | 0.2100 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.1990 | 0.2100 |