m3.xlarge vs g4dn.xlarge
| m3.xlarge | g4dn.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) 4 – Generation d – Instance store volume n – Network and EBS optimized xlarge – Size |
| 4 | 4 |
| 15 GiB | 16 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge) | Intel Xeon Family |
| 2.5 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | yes |
| T4 | |
| NVIDIA | |
| 1 | |
| 16 GiB | |
| 16 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 16 GiB | |
| no | no |
| m3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge | g4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlarge |
| m1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge | |
| g4ad.xlarge | |
| ml.g4dn.xlarge | |
| db.m3.xlarge | |
| m3.xlarge.search | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | no |
| 13 | |
| 2 x 40 SSD | 125 GB NVMe SSD |
| supported | default |
| supported | supported |
| unsupported | required |
| 500 MBps | 3500 MBps |
| 500 Mbps | 950 Mbps |
| 62.5 Mbps | 118.75 Mbps |
| 4000 IOPS | 3000 IOPS |
| 4000 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 500 Mbps | 3500 Mbps |
| 62.5 Mbps | 437.5 Mbps |
| High | Up to 25 Gigabit |
| no | yes |
| 4 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 10 |
| 10 | |
| no | yes |
| unsupported | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.93x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m3.xlarge | g4dn.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | 0.2930 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.3080 | 0.5580 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.6470 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.6580 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.6630 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.6630 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 0.6840 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | n/a | 0.6980 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | n/a | 0.7100 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | n/a | 0.7100 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | n/a | 0.7360 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | n/a | 0.8100 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.3150 | 0.5790 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | n/a | 0.8940 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.3360 | 0.5840 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.3660 | 0.5870 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.3720 | 0.6150 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.3810 | 0.6150 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.3850 | 0.6160 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.3920 | 0.6310 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.6450 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.5260 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.2660 | 0.5260 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.2660 | 0.5260 |