d3.2xlarge vs p3.2xlarge

Instance Typed3.2xlargep3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGPU instance
DetailsMassively 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
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesd3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Generationsd2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsd3en.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance Storage6 x 2000 HDDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2800 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
d3.2xlarge
p3.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.04703.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.3160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.10003.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.19703.5890
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.21903.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.25203.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.25204.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.28004.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.28004.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.28004.2340
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.99903.0600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.99903.0600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.99903.0600
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