m6a.2xlarge vs d3.2xlarge

Instance Typem6a.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – 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
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarged2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsm6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarged3en.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only6 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 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 Diff1.00x3.15x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.2xlarge
d3.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2222n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2222n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34561.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.43201.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.43201.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44641.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5508n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.34561.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38521.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.38521.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39961.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40321.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40321.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40321.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.41401.2800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34560.9990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.9990
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