m5dn.4xlarge vs d3en.4xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.4xlarged3en.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – 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
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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
Sizesm5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarged3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarged3.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD8 x 14000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps350 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance18750 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.05x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m5dn.4xlarge
d3en.4xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a2.5660
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.21602.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.29602.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.33602.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.36802.7710
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.36803.0490
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.4000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.0880n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.08802.1030
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.08802.1030
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