r3.2xlarge vs m2.4xlarge

Instance Typer3.2xlargem2.4xlarge
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
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
2 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory61 GiB68.4 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
Generationsr3.2xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlargem2.4xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge
RDSdb.r3.2xlargedb.m2.4xlarge
OpenSearchr3.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units2626
Instance Storage1 x 160 SSD2 x 840 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupportedsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput125 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance8000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput125 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces48
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
r3.2xlarge
m2.4xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.74101.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.3990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.74101.1500
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.75801.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.79801.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.79801.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.79801.2910
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.7980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.7980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.8000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.6640n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66500.9800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66500.9800
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