m3.xlarge vs g3s.xlarge
| m3.xlarge | g3s.xlarge |
| General purpose | GPU instance |
| Obsolete. Not recommended for use Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 3 – Generation xlarge – Size | Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks. g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) 3 – Generation xlarge – Size |
| 4 | 4 |
| 15 GiB | 30.5 GiB |
| x86_64 | n/a |
| Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge) | Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell) |
| 2.5 GHz | |
| 2 | 0 |
| no | no |
| 1 | |
| no | no |
| 8 GiB | |
| no | no |
| m3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge | g3s.xlarge |
| m1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge | |
| db.m3.xlarge | |
| m3.xlarge.search | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| 13 | 13 |
| 2 x 40 SSD | EBS only |
| supported | |
| supported | |
| unsupported | |
| 500 MBps | 100 MBps |
| 500 Mbps | |
| 62.5 Mbps | |
| 4000 IOPS | |
| 4000 IOPS | |
| 500 Mbps | |
| 62.5 Mbps | |
| High | 10 Gigabit |
| no | yes |
| 4 | |
| 1 | |
| 15 | |
| no | no |
| unsupported | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.67x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m3.xlarge | g3s.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | 0.2930 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.3080 | 0.7960 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.3150 | 0.8680 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.3360 | 0.9340 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.3660 | 0.9380 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.3720 | 0.9400 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.3810 | 1.0400 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.3850 | 1.1540 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.3920 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.7500 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.2660 | 0.7500 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.2660 | 0.7500 |