t3.large vs m5dn.large

Instance Typet3.largem5dn.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
3 – Generation
large – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest3.2xlarge, t3.large, t3.medium, t3.micro, t3.nano, t3.small, t3.xlargem5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge
Generationst2.large, t3.largem5dn.large, m6idn.large, m8idn.large
Variantst3a.largem5.large, m5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
SageMakerml.t3.large
RDSdb.t3.large
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 75 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2780 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth695 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15700 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2780 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput347.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 5 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnono
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1210
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1210
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.58x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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t3.large
m5dn.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08640.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.0944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.0950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.0950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.0958n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0958n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.0960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.0976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.0976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.0979n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.0992n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08740.1620
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1003n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1003n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1040n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1056n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1088n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08960.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1088n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1109n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.1168n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.1344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.08960.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09120.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09120.1750
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0928n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.0928n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.0944n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08320.1360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08320.1360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.08320.1360
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