m4.large vs m2.xlarge

Instance Typem4.largem2.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB17.1 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlargem2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarge
Generationsm1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
RDSdb.m4.largedb.m2.xlarge
OpenSearchm4.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units6.56.5
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 420 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput450 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth450 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput56.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth450 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput56.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces24
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.38x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m4.large
m2.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10500.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1290n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1290n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1590n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11100.2870
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.11100.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.11600.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.11700.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.12000.3230
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1230n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1250n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1250n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1000n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10000.2450
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.10000.2450
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