m5n.xlarge vs d3en.xlarge

Instance Typem5n.xlarged3en.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and 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
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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
Sizesm5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlarged3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlarge
Generationsm5n.xlarge, m6in.xlarge, m8in.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5zn.xlarged3.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 14000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS5000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface153
IPv6 Addresses per Interface153
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5n.xlarge
d3en.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.6410
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26600.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.28200.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.29200.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.29800.6930
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.29800.7620
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.3060n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2380n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.23800.5260
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.23800.5260
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