t3.largevsm5dn.large

t3.large is 39% cheaper than m5dn.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $38.54 a month.

At a glancet3.largem5dn.large
On-demand$0.0832/hr39% less$0.136/hr
Lowest rate$0.0235/hr41% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0396/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64
CPUBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idleFull CPUSteady performance, no credits to manage

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiont3.largem5dn.largem5dn.large vs t3.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0832$0.136▲ 63%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.023571% off$0.0396▲ 69%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.052237% off$0.086▲ 65%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.035961% off$0.053▲ 48%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.0627% off$0.099▲ 65%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.041355% off$0.061▲ 48%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3.large leads
On-demand price$0.0832 vs $0.136 per hour
39% cheaper
CPU modelEarns credits while idle, then bursts
Burstable
IPv4 addresses per interface12 vs 10
20% higher
EBS baseline IOPS4,000 vs 3,600
11% higher
Where m5dn.large leads
CPU modelSteady performance, no credits to manage
Full CPU
Network peak25 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
5× higher
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 2,780 Mbps
71% higher
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
24% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differt3.largem5dn.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo–
BurstableYesNo
MemoryAll 1 matcht3.largem5dn.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking4 of 8 differt3.largem5dn.large
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline0.512 Gbps2.1 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1210
Storage10 of 12 differt3.largem5dn.large
StorageEBS only1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2780 MbpsUp to 3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0003,600
EBS max IOPS15,70018,750
Max EBS volumes2726
Instance details3 of 10 differt3.largem5dn.large
Familyt3m5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for t3.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiont3.largem5dn.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0832$0.136▲ 63%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0832$0.136▲ 63%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0832$0.136▲ 63%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0912$0.152▲ 67%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.096$0.162▲ 69%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0976$0.171▲ 75%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0976$0.171▲ 75%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1056$0.167▲ 58%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1088$0.175▲ 61%

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