m5dn.8xlarge vs inf2.8xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.8xlargeinf2.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMachine Learning ASIC
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
Machine Learning (ML) inference

inf – AWS Inferentia
2 – Generation
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornoyes
Inference Accelerator NameInferentia2
Inference Accelerator ManufacturerAWS
Inference Accelerator Count1
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlargeinf2.24xlarge, inf2.48xlarge, inf2.8xlarge, inf2.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5n.8xlarge
SageMakerml.inf2.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6800 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput850 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6800 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput850 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.8xlarge
inf2.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.43202.1647
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.3454
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.59202.4598
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.67202.5582
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.73602.5582
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.73602.7550
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.80002.7550
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.9518
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.9518
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.17601.9679
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.17601.9679
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.17601.9679
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