m8azn.6xlarge vs cr1.8xlarge

Instance Typem8azn.6xlargecr1.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
6xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
High memory and compute applications.

cr – Compute Rich
1 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs2432
Memory96 GiB244 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9575FIntel Xeon E5-2670
Clock Speed5 GHz
Threads Per Core10
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8azn.12xlarge, m8azn.24xlarge, m8azn.3xlarge, m8azn.6xlarge, m8azn.large, m8azn.medium, m8azn.metal-12xl, m8azn.metal-24xl, m8azn.xlargecr1.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units88
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 120 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput15360 MBps400 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces8
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface40
IPv6 Addresses per Interface40
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8azn.6xlarge
cr1.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a3.7500
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76164.1050
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.2003n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.4775n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.47753.5000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.47753.5000
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