c8gn.xlarge vs m3.xlarge

Instance Typec8gn.xlargem3.xlarge
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gn.12xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8gn.48xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8gn.large, c8gn.medium, c8gn.metal-24xl, c8gn.metal-48xl, c8gn.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c8gn.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsc8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
RDSdb.m3.xlarge
OpenSearchm3.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 40 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 40 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c8gn.xlarge
m3.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2368n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.2313n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.2313n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.23700.3080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2677n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2699n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2721n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2721n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2809n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2831n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2853n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2943n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2962n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23700.3150
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2974n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3093n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3094n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3138n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3186n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.3643n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23700.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23700.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25460.3720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.25900.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.25900.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.26750.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2677n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.2660
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2660
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