c6gn.large vs m3.large

Instance Typec6gn.largem3.large
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-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
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
large – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB7.5 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6gn.12xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6gn.large, c6gn.medium, c6gn.metal, c6gn.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.large, c7gn.large, c8gn.largem1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsc6a.large, c6g.large, c6gd.large, c6i.large, c6id.large, c6in.large
SageMakerml.c6gn.large
RDSdb.m3.large
OpenSearchm3.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units6.5
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 32 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1235 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput154.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance5000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.67x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gn.large
m3.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.0842n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.0842n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.1460
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08640.1540
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0981n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0986n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0992n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08640.1580
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1092n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1130n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1145n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1187n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08650.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09070.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09300.1860
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09460.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.09460.1930
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09750.1960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0976n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08640.1330
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1330
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