m5dn.8xlarge vs d3en.8xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.8xlarged3en.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehousing, MapReduce/Hadoop computing, distributed/file network systems, and log/data-processing applications.

d – Disk / storage optimized
3 – Generation
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarged3en.12xlarge, d3en.2xlarge, d3en.4xlarge, d3en.6xlarge, d3en.8xlarge, d3en.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5n.8xlarged3.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD16 x 14000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6800 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput850 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6800 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput850 Mbps625 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m5dn.8xlarge
d3en.8xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a5.1310
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.43205.2717
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.59205.2717
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.67205.2717
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.73605.5415
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.73606.0984
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.8000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.1760n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.17604.2058
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.17604.2058
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