t2.xlarge vs m3.xlarge

Instance Typet2.xlargem3.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
2 – 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 FamilyIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest2.2xlarge, t2.large, t2.medium, t2.micro, t2.nano, t2.small, t2.xlargem3.2xlarge, m3.large, m3.medium, m3.xlarge
Generationst2.xlarge, t3.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
SageMakerml.t2.xlarge
RDSdb.t2.xlargedb.m3.xlarge
OpenSearchm3.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 40 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedunsupportedsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateHigh
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces34
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 Diff1.00x1.53x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t2.xlarge
m3.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19840.3080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20160.3150
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20480.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21120.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21120.3720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21440.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21760.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.22080.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2304n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1856n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.18560.2660
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.18560.2660
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