m6idn.2xlarge vs im4gn.2xlarge

Instance Typem6idn.2xlargeim4gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsm6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsm6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.2xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.2xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSD1 x 3750 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6250 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput781.25 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance25000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 40000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

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m6idn.2xlarge
im4gn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.66400.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.77220.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.78160.8722
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.8003n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.8050n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.8190n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.8262n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.9956n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.66990.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67860.8022
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.69670.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.69670.8440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.71140.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.72390.8442
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.73380.8535
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.75820.8675
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.63650.7276
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.63650.7276
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.63650.7276
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