Compare EC2 Generations

How a family changed from one generation to the next — m5 to m6i to m7i — so you can see what an upgrade actually buys before making it.

A series

1 gens · 6 types

Arm-based

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C series

32 gens · 311 types

Compute Optimized

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CC series

1 gens · 1 types
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CR series

1 gens · 1 types
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D series

3 gens · 15 types

Dense Storage

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DL series

2 gens · 2 types

Deep Learning

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F series

2 gens · 6 types
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G series

12 gens · 64 types

Graphics Intensive

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GR series

2 gens · 3 types
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H series

1 gens · 4 types
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HPC series

5 gens · 10 types

High Performance Computing

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HS series

1 gens · 1 types
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I series

10 gens · 81 types

Storage Optimized

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IM series

1 gens · 6 types

Storage Optimized with SSD

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INF series

2 gens · 8 types

Machine Learning Inference

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IS series

1 gens · 6 types

Storage Optimized Gen 1

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M series

37 gens · 361 types

General Purpose

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MAC series

2 gens · 2 types

macOS

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P series

8 gens · 13 types

GPU Accelerated

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R series

34 gens · 352 types

Memory Optimized

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T series

5 gens · 29 types

Burstable

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TRN series

3 gens · 4 types

Machine Learning Training

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VT series

1 gens · 3 types

Video Transcoding

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X series

9 gens · 69 types

Memory Intensive

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Z series

1 gens · 7 types

High Frequency

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