r3.xlarge vs x1e.xlarge

Instance Typer3.xlargex1e.xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsObsolete. 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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
1 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory30.5 GiB122 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2670 v2 (Ivy Bridge)High Frequency Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr3.2xlarge, r3.4xlarge, r3.8xlarge, r3.large, r3.xlargex1e.16xlarge, x1e.2xlarge, x1e.32xlarge, x1e.4xlarge, x1e.8xlarge, x1e.xlarge
Generationsr3.xlarge, r4.xlarge, r5.xlarge, r6i.xlarge, r7i.xlarge, r8i.xlarge
RDSdb.r3.xlargedb.x1e.xlarge
OpenSearchr3.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units1312
Instance Storage1 x 80 SSD1 x 120 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizedsupporteddefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedunsupported
Dedicated Throughput500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput62.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3700 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance4000 IOPS3700 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput62.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces43
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.70x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
r3.xlarge
x1e.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.37100.8600
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.70001.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6260
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37100.9170
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.37901.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.39901.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39901.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.39901.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.39901.1900
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.39901.2090
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.40001.2090
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.33200.8340
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.33300.8340
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.33300.8340
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