r8i.large vs r3.large

Instance Typer8i.larger3.large
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
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory16 GiB15.25 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.large, r7i.large, r8i.larger3.large, r4.large, r5.large, r6i.large, r7i.large, r8i.large
Variantsr8a.large, r8g.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.large
RDSdb.r8i.largedb.r3.large
OpenSearchr3.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units6.5
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 32 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8i.large
r3.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.14240.1850
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.16320.3500
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1632n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1632n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1665n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1665n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1665n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1676n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1676n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1676n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1676n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.14330.1850
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1710n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1748n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1843n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1852n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.14330.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.14770.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.15220.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.15220.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.15440.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.15550.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.15550.2000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.13890.1660
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.13890.1660
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.13890.1660
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