r8gb.2xlarge vs d3.2xlarge

Instance Typer8gb.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedStorage optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
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
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsd2.2xlarge, d3.2xlarge
Variantsr8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarged3en.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only6 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 33.333 GigabitUp 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 Diff1.00x1.66x

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r8gb.2xlarge
d3.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a1.0470
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.3160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.2190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.2800
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.72870.9990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.72870.9990
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