m8a.2xlarge vs c8ib.2xlarge

Instance Typem8a.2xlargec8ib.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD 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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlargec8ib.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.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsm8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlargec8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
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 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 26.667 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m8a.2xlarge
c8ib.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.5122n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.5122n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.5426n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.5426n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5832n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.6289n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4869n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.48690.5443
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.48690.5443
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