c6gn.large vs r3.large

Instance Typec6gn.larger3.large
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
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
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
3 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB15.25 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy 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.xlarger3.2xlarge, r3.4xlarge, r3.8xlarge, r3.large, r3.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.large, c7gn.large, c8gn.larger3.large, r4.large, r5.large, r6i.large, r7i.large, r8i.large
Variantsc6a.large, c6g.large, c6gd.large, c6i.large, c6id.large, c6in.large
SageMakerml.c6gn.large
RDSdb.r3.large
OpenSearchr3.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 Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.00x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c6gn.large
r3.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.0842n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.0842n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08640.1850
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.09810.3500
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)0.08640.1850
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)0.08650.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09070.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09300.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09460.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.09460.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09750.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.09760.2000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1660
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08640.1660
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1660
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