m8id.2xlarge vs d3en.2xlarge

Instance Typem8id.2xlarged3en.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

dDisk / storage optimized
3 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 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
Sizesm8id.12xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8id.24xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8id.32xlarge, m8id.48xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8id.96xlarge, m8id.large, m8id.metal-48xl, m8id.metal-96xl, m8id.xlarged3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlarge
Generationsm6id.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarged3.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSD4 x 14000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps212.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface305
IPv6 Addresses per Interface305
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.23x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m8id.2xlarge
d3en.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.2830
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.58211.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.62831.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67451.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.5250
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.5221n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.52211.0510
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.52211.0510
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