m3.large vs m1.large

Instance Typem3.largem1.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
3 – Generation
large – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
1 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory7.5 GiB7.5 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlargem1.large, m1.medium, m1.small, m1.xlarge
Generationsm1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
RDSdb.m3.largedb.m1.large
OpenSearchm3.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m3.largecache.m1.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units6.54
Instance Storage1 x 32 SSD2 x 420 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupportedsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateModerate
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportnono
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m3.large
m1.large
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.14600.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15400.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.15800.2110
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16800.2330
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.18300.2330
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18600.2330
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.19000.2430
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1960n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.13300.1750
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.13300.1750
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