i3.16xlarge.searchvsi4i.16xlarge.search

i3.16xlarge.search is 9% cheaper than i4i.16xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $583.27 a month.

At a glancei3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
On-demand$7.987/hr9% less$8.786/hr
Lowest rate$4.153/hr9% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$4.569/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size64 vCPUs, 488 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optioni3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search vs i3.16xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$7.987$8.786▲ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$5.51131% off$6.062▲ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$4.15348% off$4.569▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i3.16xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$7.987 vs $8.786 per hour
9% cheaper
Where i4i.16xlarge.search leads
Sustained clock3.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
52% higher
Network baseline37.5 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
50% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 14,000 Mbps
43% higher
Memory (GiB)512 vs 488
5% higher

Specs

15 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 7 differi3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECU200variable
Memory1 of 1 differi3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)488512
Networking2 of 2 differi3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
Network baseline25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps37.5 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differi3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
Storage8 x 1900 NVMe SSD4 x 3,750 Nitro SSD
Local disks8 × 1,900 GB SSD4 × 3,750 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth14,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth14,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,750 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,750 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS65,00080,000
EBS max IOPS65,00080,000
ClusterAll 2 matchi3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData, Dedicated manager
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differi3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
Familyi3i4i
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differi3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.search
Hardware Basisi3.16xlargei4i.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i3.16xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regioni3.16xlarge.searchi4i.16xlarge.searchDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.987$8.786▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.987$8.786▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.987$8.786▲ 10%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.366$9.181▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.806$9.686▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.806$9.686▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$8.806$9.686▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.806$9.686▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$9.062$9.968▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.062$9.968▲ 10%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$9.246$10.171▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$9.246$10.194▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.267$10.194▲ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.267$10.194▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$9.37$10.307▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$9.37$10.307▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.37$10.307▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.523$10.475▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$9.574$10.531▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$9.574$10.531▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.574$10.531▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.574$10.531▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$9.584$10.589▲ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$9.584$10.589▲ 10%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$9.687$10.645▲ 10%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$9.687$10.645▲ 10%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$10.475$11.523▲ 10%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$10.479$11.546▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$10.531$11.602▲ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$14.643$14.024▼ 4%

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AWS OpenSearch standard option prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.