a1.2xlarge vs m8idb.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargem8idb.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargem8idb.12xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idb.24xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idb.32xlarge, m8idb.48xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idb.8xlarge, m8idb.96xlarge, m8idb.large, m8idb.metal-48xl, m8idb.metal-96xl, m8idb.xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 26.66 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.65x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
m8idb.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.8361
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.8536
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23280.9828
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.2352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.2568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2664n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20400.7638
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.7638
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.7638
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