i3.largevsi4i.large

i3.large is 9% cheaper than i4i.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $11.68 a month.

At a glancei3.largei4i.large
On-demand$0.156/hr9% less$0.172/hr
Lowest rate$0.0309/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0325/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 15.25 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice 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.

Optioni3.largei4i.largei4i.large vs i3.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.156$0.172▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.030981% off$0.0325▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.10735% off$0.111▲ 4%
3-yr reservedNo upfront51% off$0.07654% off$0.079▲ 4%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment21% off$0.12322% off$0.134▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment44% off$0.08745% off$0.095▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i3.large leads
On-demand price$0.156 vs $0.172 per hour
9% cheaper
Max EBS volumes40 vs 26
54% higher
Where i4i.large leads
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 425 Mbps
23.5× higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
52% higher
Memory (GiB)16 vs 15.25
5% higher
Network baseline0.781 Gbps vs 0.75 Gbps
4% higher

Specs

22 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differi3.largei4i.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU8–
Memory1 of 1 differi3.largei4i.large
Memory (GiB)15.2516
Networking1 of 8 differi3.largei4i.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage11 of 12 differi3.largei4i.large
Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSD1 x 468 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 475 GB SSD1 × 468 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeYesRequired
EBS throughput425 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth425 Mbps625 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth425 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput53.125 MB/s78.125 MB/s
EBS max throughput53.125 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,0002,500
EBS max IOPS3,00040,000
Max EBS volumes4026
Instance details4 of 10 differi3.largei4i.large
Familyi3i4i
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i3.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regioni3.largei4i.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.156$0.172▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.156$0.172▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.156$0.172▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.163$0.179▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.172$0.189▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.172$0.189▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.172$0.189▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.172$0.189▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.177$0.195▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.177$0.195▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.181$0.199▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.181$0.199▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.181$0.199▲ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.181$0.199▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.183$0.201▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.183$0.201▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.183$0.201▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.186$0.205▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.187$0.206▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.187$0.206▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.187$0.206▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.187$0.206▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.188$0.207▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.188$0.207▲ 10%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.189$0.208▲ 10%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.189$0.208▲ 10%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.205$0.226▲ 10%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.205$0.225▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.206$0.227▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.249$0.274▲ 10%

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