m3.large vs r3.large
| m3.large | r3.large |
| General purpose | Memory optimized |
| Obsolete. Not recommended for use Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 3 – Generation large – 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 large – Size |
| 2 | 2 |
| 7.5 GiB | 15.25 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge) | Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge) |
| 2.5 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| m3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge | r3.2xlarge, r3.4xlarge, r3.8xlarge, r3.large, r3.xlarge |
| m1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large | r3.large, r4.large, r5.large, r6i.large, r7i.large, r8i.large |
| db.m3.large | db.r3.large |
| m3.large.search | r3.large.search |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 1 x 32 SSD | 1 x 32 SSD |
| unsupported | unsupported |
| supported | supported |
| unsupported | unsupported |
| Moderate | Moderate |
| no | yes |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 10 | |
| no | yes |
| unsupported | unsupported |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.20x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m3.large | r3.large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | 0.1460 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1540 | 0.1850 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.3500 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1580 | 0.1850 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1680 | 0.1900 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1830 | 0.2000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1860 | 0.2000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1900 | 0.2000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.1930 | 0.2000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.1960 | 0.2000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.2000 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.1660 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.1330 | 0.1660 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.1330 | 0.1660 |