r6i.xlarge vs r3.xlarge

Instance Typer6i.xlarger3.xlarge
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory32 GiB30.5 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6i.12xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6i.24xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6i.32xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6i.large, r6i.metal, r6i.xlarger3.2xlarge, r3.4xlarge, r3.8xlarge, r3.large, r3.xlarge
Generationsr6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarger3.xlarge, r4.xlarge, r5.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarge
Variantsr6a.xlarge, r6g.xlarge, r6gd.xlarge, r6id.xlarge, r6idn.xlarge, r6in.xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.xlarge, db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem2x, db.r6i.xlarge.tpc2.mem4xdb.r3.xlarge
OpenSearchr3.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 80 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

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r6i.xlarge
r3.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.25840.3710
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.28000.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2820n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2961n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.25840.3710
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3102n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3102n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.3171n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.3340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.3344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.3360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.26000.3790
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4020n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.26000.3990
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26460.3990
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26800.3990
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.27360.3990
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.27600.3990
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.27600.4000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.25200.3320
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.25200.3330
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.25200.3330
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