m3.2xlarge vs r3.2xlarge

Instance Typem3.2xlarger3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. 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
vCPUs88
Memory30 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarger3.2xlarge, r3.4xlarge, r3.8xlarge, r3.large, r3.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarger3.2xlarge, r4.2xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge
RDSdb.m3.2xlargedb.r3.2xlarge
OpenSearchm3.2xlarge.searchr3.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units2626
Instance Storage2 x 80 SSD1 x 160 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupportedsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput1000 MBps
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 Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.20x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m3.2xlarge
r3.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.5850n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61600.7410
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.3990
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.63200.7410
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67200.7580
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.73200.7980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.74500.7980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.76100.7980
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.77000.7980
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.78400.7980
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.8000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6640
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.53200.6650
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.53200.6650
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