m5.xlarge vs m3.xlarge

Instance Typem5.xlargem3.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – 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 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.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
Variantsm5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.xlarge
RDSdb.m5.xlargedb.m3.xlarge
OpenSearchm5.xlarge.searchm3.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units1613
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 40 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
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.xlarge
m3.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20200.3080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2250n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2350n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2350n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20200.3150
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.3060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20400.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21400.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21400.3720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21400.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21400.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.22200.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1920n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19200.2660
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19200.2660
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