r3.xlarge vs m2.2xlarge

Instance Typer3.xlargem2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
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
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
Memory30.5 GiB34.2 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr3.2xlarge, r3.4xlarge, r3.8xlarge, r3.large, r3.xlargem2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarge
Generationsr3.xlarge, r4.xlarge, r5.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlargem2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
RDSdb.r3.xlargedb.m2.2xlarge
OpenSearchr3.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units1313
Instance Storage1 x 80 SSD1 x 850 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupportedsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
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 PerformanceModerateModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.40x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r3.xlarge
m2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.37100.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.7000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37100.5750
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.37900.5860
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.39900.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39900.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.39900.6450
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.3320n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.33300.4900
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.33300.4900
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