d3.xlargevsd3en.xlarge

d3.xlarge is 5% cheaper than d3en.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $19.71 a month.

At a glanced3.xlarged3en.xlarge
On-demand$0.499/hr5% less$0.526/hr
Lowest rate$0.0992/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0691/hr30% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optiond3.xlarged3en.xlarged3en.xlarge vs d3.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.499$0.526▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.099287% off$0.0691▼ 30%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.31537% off$0.331▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.21657% off$0.227▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment24% off$0.37825% off$0.397▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.25948% off$0.273▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where d3.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.499 vs $0.526 per hour
5% cheaper
Memory (GiB)32 vs 16
2× higher
Where d3en.xlarge leads
Network baseline6 Gbps vs 3 Gbps
2× higher
Max EBS volumes25 vs 24
4% higher

Specs

8 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchd3.xlarged3en.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differd3.xlarged3en.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3216
Networking3 of 8 differd3.xlarged3en.xlarge
NetworkUp to 15 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline3 Gbps6 Gbps
Network peak15 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface33
Storage3 of 12 differd3.xlarged3en.xlarge
Storage3 x 2000 HDD2 x 14000 HDD
Local disks3 × 1,980 GB HDD2 × 13,980 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2800 MbpsUp to 2800 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,800 Mbps2,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput106.25 MB/s106.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput350 MB/s350 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS5,0005,000
EBS max IOPS15,00015,000
Max EBS volumes2425
Instance details1 of 10 differd3.xlarged3en.xlarge
Familyd3d3en
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for d3.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiond3.xlarged3en.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.499$0.526▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.499$0.526▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.609$0.641▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.626$0.659▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.626$0.659▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.658$0.693▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.724$0.762▲ 5%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.