t3a.2xlarge vs im4gn.2xlarge

Instance Typet3a.2xlargeim4gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
3 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.2 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest3a.2xlarge, t3a.large, t3a.medium, t3a.micro, t3a.nano, t3a.small, t3a.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Variantst3.2xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3750 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2780 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth695 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15700 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2780 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput347.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 5 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.37x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t3a.2xlarge
im4gn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1971n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30080.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.35140.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.35710.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.3744n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3802n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3917n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4838n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32640.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33410.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.33980.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.33980.8440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.34300.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.34500.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.34560.8535
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.35140.8675
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.30080.7276
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30080.7276
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.7276
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