i3.16xlargevsi3p.16xlarge

At a glancei3.16xlargei3p.16xlarge
Size64 vCPUs, 488 GiB64 vCPUs, 488 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i3.16xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where i3p.16xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

31 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differi3.16xlargei3p.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores32–
Threads per core2–
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntel–
Clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz–
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo–
BurstableNo–
ECU201201
MemoryAll 1 matchi3.16xlargei3p.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)488488
Networking7 of 8 differi3.16xlargei3p.16xlarge
Network20 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps–
Network peak25 Gbps–
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)–
EFANo–
IPv6Yes–
Max network interfaces15–
IPv4 addresses per interface50–
Storage11 of 12 differi3.16xlargei3p.16xlarge
Storage8 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
Local disks8 × 1,900 GB SSD–
EBS optimizedYes–
EBS over NVMeYes–
EBS throughput14000 Mbps14000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth14,000 Mbps–
EBS max bandwidth14,000 Mbps–
EBS baseline throughput1,750 MB/s–
EBS max throughput1,750 MB/s–
EBS baseline IOPS65,000–
EBS max IOPS65,000–
Max EBS volumes40–
Instance details7 of 10 differi3.16xlargei3p.16xlarge
Familyi3i3p
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNo–
HypervisorXen–
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread–
HibernationNo–
Nitro EnclavesNo–
Boot modesLegacy BIOS–

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