c8a.2xlarge vs d3en.2xlarge

Instance Typec8a.2xlarged3en.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
8 – 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
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlarged3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlarge
Variantsc8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 14000 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 15000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface405
IPv6 Addresses per Interface405
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.76x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
c8a.2xlarge
d3en.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.2830
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.46241.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46251.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.49201.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.54261.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.5250
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4311n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.43111.0510
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.43111.0510
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