r3.large vs m2.xlarge

Instance Typer3.largem2.xlarge
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
large – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs22
Memory15.25 GiB17.1 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.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.r3.largedb.m2.xlarge
OpenSearchr3.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units6.56.5
Instance Storage1 x 32 SSD1 x 420 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupportedunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces34
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 Diff1.00x1.40x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r3.large
m2.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.18500.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3500n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.18500.2870
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19000.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20000.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20000.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20000.3230
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1660n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.16600.2450
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.16600.2450
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