r4.large vs m1.xlarge

Instance Typer4.largem1.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
4 – Generation
large – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
1 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs24
Memory15.25 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr4.16xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r4.4xlarge, r4.8xlarge, r4.large, r4.xlargem1.large, m1.medium, m1.small, m1.xlarge
Generationsr3.large, r4.large, r5.large, r6i.large, r7i.large, r8i.largem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
RDSdb.r4.largedb.m1.xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r4.large
OpenSearchr4.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r4.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units88
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 420 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput400 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth425 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput53.125 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance3000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth425 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput53.125 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces34
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.65x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r4.large
m1.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.3790
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.13700.3790
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1601n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.14600.4230
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.14820.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.14820.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.15600.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.15600.4860
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1596n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1596n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1600n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1330n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.13300.3500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.13300.3500
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