t3.largevsm7i-flex.large

t3.large is 13% cheaper than m7i-flex.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $9.20 a month.

At a glancet3.largem7i-flex.large
On-demand$0.0832/hr13% less$0.0958/hr
Lowest rate$0.0235/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0331/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
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.largem7i-flex.largem7i-flex.large vs t3.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0832$0.0958▲ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.023565% off$0.0331▲ 41%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.052234% off$0.0633▲ 21%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.035955% off$0.0434▲ 21%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.0627% off$0.0704▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.041349% off$0.0486▲ 18%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3.large leads
On-demand price$0.0832 vs $0.0958 per hour
13% cheaper
CPU modelEarns credits while idle, then bursts
Burstable
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps vs 312 Mbps
2.2× higher
Network baseline0.512 Gbps vs 0.39 Gbps
31% higher
Where m7i-flex.large leads
CPU modelSteady performance, no credits to manage
Full CPU
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 2,780 Mbps
3.6× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
2.5× higher
Sustained clock3.2 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
28% higher

Specs

19 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differt3.largem7i-flex.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableYesNo
MemoryAll 1 matcht3.largem7i-flex.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking4 of 8 differt3.largem7i-flex.large
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.512 Gbps0.39 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1210
Storage8 of 11 differt3.largem7i-flex.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2780 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps312 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s39.063 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0002,500
EBS max IOPS15,70040,000
Max EBS volumes2732
Instance details2 of 11 differt3.largem7i-flex.large
Familyt3m7i-flex
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadPartition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI
Free tier eligible–Yes

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiont3.largem7i-flex.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0832$0.0958▲ 15%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0832$0.0958▲ 15%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0832$0.0958▲ 15%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.0864$0.1017▲ 18%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.0874$0.1006▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.0896$0.1008▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0896$0.1008▲ 13%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0912$0.1067▲ 17%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.0912$0.1067▲ 17%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0928$0.1067▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.0944$0.1107▲ 17%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.0944$0.1117▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.095$0.1017▲ 7%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.095$0.1017▲ 7%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.096$0.1147▲ 19%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0976$0.1207▲ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0976$0.1207▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.0979$0.1113▲ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0992$0.1117▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.104$0.1177▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.1056$0.1197▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.1056$0.1197▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.1056$0.1197▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1056$0.1197▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.1088$0.1237▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1088$0.1237▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.1109$0.1257▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.1168$0.1317▲ 13%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.1344$0.1526▲ 14%

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