r5b.xlarge vs d3.xlarge

Instance Typer5b.xlarged3.xlarge
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
5 – Generation
b – EBS optimized
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarged3.2xlarge, d3.4xlarge, d3.8xlarge, d3.xlarge
Generationsr5b.xlarge, r8ib.xlarged2.xlarge, d3.xlarge
Variantsr5.xlarge, r5a.xlarge, r5ad.xlarge, r5d.xlarge, r5dn.xlarge, r5n.xlarged3en.xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.xlarge, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r5b.xlarge.tpc2.mem4x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only3 x 2000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10833 IOPS5000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance43333 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface153
IPv6 Addresses per Interface153
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.75x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5b.xlarge
d3.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.31590.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36200.6580
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.47400.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32600.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33400.5980
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.35000.6090
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.35000.6260
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35600.6260
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35600.6400
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.35600.6400
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36200.6400
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.29800.4990
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.29800.4990
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.29800.4990
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