c8ib.2xlarge vs m5n.2xlarge

Instance Typec8ib.2xlargem5n.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8ib.12xlarge, c8ib.16xlarge, c8ib.24xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8ib.32xlarge, c8ib.48xlarge, c8ib.4xlarge, c8ib.8xlarge, c8ib.96xlarge, c8ib.large, c8ib.metal-48xl, c8ib.metal-96xl, c8ib.xlargem5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlarge
Generationsm5n.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge
Variantsc8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6250 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput781.25 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 26.667 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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c8ib.2xlarge
m5n.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.6120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4760
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54430.4760
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54430.4760
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