m5dn.2xlarge vs is4gen.2xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.2xlargeis4gen.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
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.

isIOPS / storage optimized with a one to six ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
e – Extra storage or memory
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB48 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlargeis4gen.2xlarge, is4gen.4xlarge, is4gen.8xlarge, is4gen.large, is4gen.medium, is4gen.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
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 Diff1.00x2.07x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5dn.2xlarge
is4gen.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60801.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.64801.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.66801.3100
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68401.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68401.3413
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70001.3566
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.3770
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.3821
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.3821
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.54401.1526
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54401.1526
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54401.1526
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