m8id.xlarge vs d3en.xlarge

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

mMulti purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m8id.xlarge
Variantsm8a.xlarge, m8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gb.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8i.xlarged3.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD2 x 14000 HDD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2800 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS5000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps350 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface303
IPv6 Addresses per Interface303
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.23x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m8id.xlarge
d3en.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.6410
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.29110.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.31420.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33730.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.6930
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.7620
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2610n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.26100.5260
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.26100.5260
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