c8i.2xlarge vs d3.2xlarge

Instance Typec8i.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel 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
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8i.12xlarge, c8i.16xlarge, c8i.24xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8i.32xlarge, c8i.48xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8i.8xlarge, c8i.96xlarge, c8i.large, c8i.metal-48xl, c8i.metal-96xl, c8i.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsc6i.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarged2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.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 15000 MegabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface305
IPv6 Addresses per Interface305
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.80x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c8i.2xlarge
d3.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3748n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3674n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3748n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.37481.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.43221.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.44541.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44541.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4674n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4719n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4895n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5777n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37481.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.37481.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40131.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.40221.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40221.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.41011.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.42341.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.42781.2800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a0.9990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.9990
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