m4.large vs m8i.large

Instance Typem4.largem8i.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
large – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlargem8i.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.xlarge
Generationsm1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsm8a.large, m8azn.large, m8g.large, m8gb.large, m8gd.large, m8gn.large, m8i-flex.large, m8ib.large, m8id.large, m8idb.large, m8idn.large, m8in.large, m8ine.large
RDSdb.m4.largedb.m8i.large
OpenSearchm4.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units6.5
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput450 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth450 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput56.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance3600 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth450 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput56.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceModerateUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces23
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m4.large
m8i.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10500.1114
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.12600.1268
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.12900.1301
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.12900.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.15900.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1334
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1334
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1367
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1389
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1687
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11100.1114
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.11100.1125
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.11600.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.11700.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.12000.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.12300.1224
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.12500.1235
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.12500.1235
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.10000.1058
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10000.1058
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.10000.1058
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