t3.xlargevsm4.xlarge

t3.xlarge is 17% cheaper than m4.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $24.53 a month.

At a glancet3.xlargem4.xlarge
On-demand$0.1664/hr17% less$0.2/hr
Lowest rate$0.0352/hr48% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0681/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
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.xlargem4.xlargem4.xlarge vs t3.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1664$0.2▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.035266% off$0.0681▲ 93%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.104338% off$0.1239▲ 19%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.071957% off$0.0864▲ 20%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.1229% off$0.1425▲ 19%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.082650% off$0.0994▲ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.1664 vs $0.2 per hour
17% cheaper
CPU modelEarns credits while idle, then bursts
Burstable
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps vs 750 Mbps
3.7× higher
Network peak5 Gbps vs 2.8 Gbps
79% higher
Where m4.xlarge leads
CPU modelSteady performance, no credits to manage
Full CPU
EBS baseline IOPS6,000 vs 4,000
50% higher

Specs

23 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differt3.xlargem4.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake E5 2686 v5Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableYesNo
ECU–13
MemoryAll 1 matcht3.xlargem4.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking4 of 8 differt3.xlargem4.xlarge
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitHigh
Network baseline1.024 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps2.8 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)No
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage9 of 11 differt3.xlargem4.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredNo
EBS throughputUp to 2780 Mbps750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s93.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s93.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0006,000
EBS max IOPS15,7006,000
Max EBS volumes2740
Instance details4 of 10 differt3.xlargem4.xlarge
Familyt3m4
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroXen
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regiont3.xlargem4.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1664$0.2▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1664$0.2▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1664$0.2▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.1792$0.21▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1824$0.222▲ 22%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1856$0.222▲ 20%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1888$0.232▲ 23%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.192$0.24▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.1952$0.252▲ 29%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.1984$0.234▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.208$0.246▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.2112$0.25▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.2112$0.25▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.2176$0.258▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.2176$0.258▲ 19%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.2688$0.318▲ 18%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

t3.xlargeGeneral purpose, t3 family, burstable
t3.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the t3 family

Compare t3.xlarge with

m5.xlargem5d.xlargem6i.xlargem7i.xlargem8i-flex.xlargem8i.xlargem7i-flex.xlargem6id.xlargem5dn.xlargem5n.xlargem5zn.xlargem6idn.xlarge
m4.xlargeGeneral purpose, m4 family
m4.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

Compare m4.xlarge with

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