m8i.2xlarge vs m2.2xlarge

Instance Typem8i.2xlargem2.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
2 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs84
Memory32 GiB34.2 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8i.12xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8i.24xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8i.32xlarge, m8i.48xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8i.8xlarge, m8i.96xlarge, m8i.large, m8i.metal-48xl, m8i.metal-96xl, m8i.xlargem2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarge
Generationsm6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlargem2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8i.2xlargedb.m2.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units13
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 850 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS4000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps62.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8i.2xlarge
m2.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.44540.5500
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5204n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5292n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5292n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5468n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5557n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5601n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.6747n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.44540.5750
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44980.5860
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47190.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.47190.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.47190.6450
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4895n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4939n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4939n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4234n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.42340.4900
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.42340.4900
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