c3.xlarge vs inf1.xlarge
| c3.xlarge | inf1.xlarge |
| Compute optimized | Machine Learning ASIC |
| 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 | Machine Learning (ML) inference inf – AWS Inferentia 1 – Generation xlarge – Size |
| 4 | 4 |
| 7.5 GiB | 8 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge) | Intel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake) |
| 2.8 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | yes |
| Inferentia | |
| AWS | |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlarge | inf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlarge |
| c1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge | inf1.xlarge, inf2.xlarge |
| ml.inf1.xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| 14 | |
| 2 x 40 SSD | EBS only |
| supported | default |
| supported | supported |
| unsupported | required |
| 875 MBps | |
| 500 Mbps | 1190 Mbps |
| 62.5 Mbps | 148.75 Mbps |
| 4000 IOPS | 4000 IOPS |
| 4000 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 500 Mbps | 4750 Mbps |
| 62.5 Mbps | 593.75 Mbps |
| Moderate | Up to 25 Gigabit |
| yes | no |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 10 |
| 15 | 10 |
| yes | yes |
| unsupported | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.11x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | c3.xlarge | inf1.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2) | 0.2300 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2390 | 0.2400 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.2810 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.2850 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.2850 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.2880 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.2880 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.3020 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.3080 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.3080 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.3520 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 0.3770 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2390 | 0.2420 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2520 | 0.2540 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2550 | 0.2540 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2580 | 0.2670 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2650 | 0.2670 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.2650 | 0.2670 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.3250 | 0.2740 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.2800 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.2280 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.2100 | 0.2280 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.2100 | 0.2280 |