m3.xlarge vs m2.2xlarge

Instance Typem3.xlargem2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
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
2 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory15 GiB34.2 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.xlargem2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarge
Generationsm1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
RDSdb.m3.xlargedb.m2.2xlarge
OpenSearchm3.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units1313
Instance Storage2 x 40 SSD1 x 850 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupportedsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighModerate
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportnono
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.68x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m3.xlarge
m2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.29300.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30800.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.31500.5750
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33600.5860
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.36600.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.37200.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.38100.6450
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3920n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.26600.4900
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.26600.4900
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