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m4.xlarge vs m3.xlarge

Instance Typem4.xlargem3.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
3 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationsm1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
SageMakerml.m4.xlarge
RDSdb.m4.xlargedb.m3.xlarge
OpenSearchm4.xlarge.searchm3.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.xlargecache.m3.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units1313
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 40 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput750 MBps500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth750 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput93.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth750 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput93.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportunsupportedunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.41x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m4.xlarge
m3.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.21000.3080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.22200.3150
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.22200.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23200.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.23400.3720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.24000.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.24600.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.25000.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2500n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2000n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20000.2660
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.20000.2660
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