t3.xlarge vs m5dn.xlarge

Instance Typet3.xlargem5dn.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, t3.xlargem5dn.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge
Variantst3a.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
SageMakerml.t3.xlarge
RDSdb.t3.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 150 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2780 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth695 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.58x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t3.xlarge
m5dn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17280.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1901n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1901n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1917n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1917n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1958n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17470.3240
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2006n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2006n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2170n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2176n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.17920.3340
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2176n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2218n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.2688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17920.3420
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.18240.3420
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.18240.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1856n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1856n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1888n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.16640.2720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.16640.2720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.16640.2720
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