r3.xlarge.searchvsr4.xlarge.search

r4.xlarge.search is 20% cheaper than r3.xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $71.54 a month.

At a glancer3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
On-demand$0.49/hr$0.392/hr20% less
Size4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 30.5 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optionr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search vs r3.xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.49$0.392▼ 20%
1-yr reservedNo upfront—31% off$0.27—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—48% off$0.204—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r3.xlarge.search leads
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher
Where r4.xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$0.392 vs $0.49 per hour
20% cheaper
Network peak10 Gbps vs 2.8 Gbps
3.6× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps vs 500 Mbps
70% higher
ECU13.5 vs 13
4% higher

Specs

14 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 7 differr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECU1313.5
MemoryAll 1 matchr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)30.530.5
Networking2 of 2 differr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
Network baseline0.7 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps10 Gbps
Storage8 of 8 differr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
Storage1 x 80 SSDEBS Only
Local disks1 × 80 GB SSD–
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s106.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s106.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0006,000
EBS max IOPS4,0006,000
ClusterAll 2 matchr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData, Dedicated manager
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
Familyr3r4
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.search
Hardware Basisr3.xlarger4.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r3.xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionr3.xlarge.searchr4.xlarge.searchDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.49$0.392▼ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.49$0.392▼ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.49$0.392▼ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.546$0.437▼ 20%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.546$0.437▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.559$0.448▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.588$0.472▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.588$0.472▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.588$0.472▼ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.588$0.472▼ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.588$0.47▼ 20%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.589$0.472▼ 20%

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