c7a.2xlarge vs d3.2xlarge

Instance Typec7a.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedStorage 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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7a.12xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c7a.32xlarge, c7a.48xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c7a.large, c7a.medium, c7a.metal-48xl, c7a.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarged2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsc7g.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarged3en.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only6 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface155
IPv6 Addresses per Interface155
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.65x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
c7a.2xlarge
d3.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.43951.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.44041.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44051.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.46851.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.47341.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48781.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.51201.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.51681.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.41060.9990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.41060.9990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.41060.9990
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