r8i.4xlarge vs r3.4xlarge

Instance Typer8i.4xlarger3.4xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
4xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
3 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8i.12xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8i.24xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8i.32xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8i.96xlarge, r8i.large, r8i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-96xl, r8i.xlarger3.2xlarge, r3.4xlarge, r3.8xlarge, r3.large, r3.xlarge
Generationsr6i.4xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarger3.4xlarge, r4.4xlarge, r5.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r7i.4xlarge, r8i.4xlarge
Variantsr8a.4xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gd.4xlarge, r8gn.4xlarge, r8i-flex.4xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8id.4xlarge, r8idb.4xlarge, r8idn.4xlarge, r8in.4xlarge
RDSdb.r8i.4xlargedb.r3.4xlarge
OpenSearchr3.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units52
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 320 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
r8i.4xlarge
r3.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.13951.4820
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.30542.7990
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.3054n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.3054n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.3318n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.3318n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.3318n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.3406n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.3406n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.3406n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.3406n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.14661.4820
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.3680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.3984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.4747n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.4818n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.7728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.14661.5160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.18191.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.21721.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.21721.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.23481.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.24361.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.24361.6000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.11141.3280
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.11141.3300
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.11141.3300
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