m8i.4xlarge vs m2.4xlarge

Instance Typem8i.4xlargem2.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
4xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
2 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs168
Memory64 GiB68.4 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.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlargem2.4xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge
Variantsm8a.4xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlarge
RDSdb.m8i.4xlargedb.m2.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 840 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface50
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.4xlarge
m2.4xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.89081.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.0143n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.0407n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.0584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.0584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.0672n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.0672n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.0937n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.1114n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.1202n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.3494n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.89081.1500
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.89961.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.94381.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.94381.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.94381.2910
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.9790n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.9878n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.9878n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.8467n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.84670.9800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.84670.9800
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