m6a.2xlarge vs inf1.2xlarge

Instance Typem6a.2xlargeinf1.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMachine Learning ASIC
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275CL (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornoyes
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlargeinf1.24xlarge, inf1.2xlarge, inf1.6xlarge, inf1.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsm6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.2xlargeml.inf1.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBps875 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1190 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps148.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1510
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.2xlarge
inf1.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2222n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2222n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34560.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.43200.4460
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.43200.4530
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44640.4530
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.55080.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.4890
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.4890
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.5580
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.5980
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.34560.3850
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38520.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.38520.4030
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39960.4230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40320.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40320.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40320.4350
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.41400.4440
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3620
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34560.3620
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3620
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