m3.2xlarge vs d3.2xlarge

Instance Typem3.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
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
Memory30 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarged2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsd3en.2xlarge
RDSdb.m3.2xlarge
OpenSearchm3.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance Storage2 x 80 SSD6 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput1000 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput125 Mbps212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance8000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput125 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface305
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.80x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m3.2xlarge
d3.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61601.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.63201.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67201.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.73201.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.74501.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.76101.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.77001.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.78401.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.53200.9990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.53200.9990
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