m3.xlarge vs m1.xlarge

Instance Typem3.xlargem1.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
1 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory15 GiB15 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.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
RDSdb.m3.xlargedb.m1.xlarge
OpenSearchm3.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units138
Instance Storage2 x 40 SSD4 x 420 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupportedsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighHigh
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportnono
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m3.xlarge
m1.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.29300.3790
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30800.3790
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.31500.4230
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33600.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.36600.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.37200.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.38100.4860
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3920n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.26600.3500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.26600.3500
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