m5.large vs m3.large

Instance Typem5.largem3.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB7.5 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationsm1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsm5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
SageMakerml.m5.large
RDSdb.m5.largedb.m3.large
OpenSearchm5.large.searchm3.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units106.5
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 32 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface10
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.46x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5.large
m3.large
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.1460
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10100.1540
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1150n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10100.1580
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1270n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1270n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10200.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10700.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10700.1860
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10700.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10700.1930
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.11100.1960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0960n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.09600.1330
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.09600.1330
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