c3.xlarge vs m5zn.xlarge

Instance Typec3.xlargem5zn.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
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
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory7.5 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed2.8 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, c3.8xlarge, c3.large, c3.xlargem5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.xlarge
Generationsc1.xlarge, c3.xlarge, c4.xlarge, c5.xlarge, c6i.xlarge, c7i.xlarge, c8i.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units14
Instance Storage2 x 40 SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps1564 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps195.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS6667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.57x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c3.xlarge
m5zn.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)0.2300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.23900.3682
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23900.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25200.3957
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25500.4060
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25800.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26500.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.26500.4267
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.32500.5265
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3303
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.21000.3303
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.21000.3303
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