c7a.2xlarge vs m6idn.2xlarge

Instance Typec7a.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-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
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7a.12xlarge, c7a.16xlarge, c7a.24xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c7a.32xlarge, c7a.48xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c7a.8xlarge, c7a.large, c7a.medium, c7a.metal-48xl, c7a.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsc7g.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i.2xlargem6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 40000 Megabit
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 Diff1.00x1.62x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
c7a.2xlarge
m6idn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.43950.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7722
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.7816
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8003
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8050
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8190
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8262
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.9956
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.44040.6699
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44050.6786
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.46850.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.47340.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48780.7114
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.51200.7239
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.51680.7338
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7582
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.41060.6365
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.41060.6365
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.41060.6365
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