c4.xlarge vs c3.xlarge

Instance Typec4.xlargec3.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedCompute 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
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.

cCompute optimized
3 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory7.5 GiB7.5 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge, c4.large, c4.xlargec3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge
Generationsc1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlargec1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
SageMakerml.c4.xlarge
OpenSearchc4.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units1614
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 40 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth750 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput93.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth750 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput93.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c4.xlarge
c3.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)n/a0.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20000.2390
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2610n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.21800.2390
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.22600.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.22700.2550
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.22700.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.23100.2650
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.23700.2650
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.23900.3250
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2490n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1990n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19900.2100
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19900.2100
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