r6i.2xlarge vs m3.2xlarge

Instance Typer6i.2xlargem3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB30 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6i.12xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6i.24xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6i.32xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6i.large, r6i.metal, r6i.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationsr6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlargem2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsr6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.2xlarge, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8xdb.m3.2xlarge
OpenSearchm3.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 80 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6i.2xlarge
m3.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.5850
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.51680.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5922n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.6040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.6040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.6040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.51680.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.6204n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.6204n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.6342n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.6680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.6688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.6720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.52000.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.8040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.52000.7320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.52920.7450
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53600.7610
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.54720.7700
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.55200.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5520n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.5040n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.50400.5320
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.50400.5320
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