m6i.2xlarge vs c5n.2xlarge

Instance Typem6i.2xlargec5n.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB21 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlargec5n.18xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.large, c5n.metal, c5n.xlarge
Generationsm6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlargec5n.2xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge
Variantsm6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlargec5.2xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5d.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.2xlargeml.c5n.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units39
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6i.2xlarge
c5n.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40320.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44400.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.44640.5160
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44800.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.44800.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.44800.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.44940.5400
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.46000.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.47080.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.47200.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.48000.5720
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40400.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.48000.5810
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.48000.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.5040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.5060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.5080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40400.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.6120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40800.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.40800.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40800.4920
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42800.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.42800.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.42800.5120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.38400.4320
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.38400.4320
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.3840n/a
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