m6i.12xlarge vs m5.12xlarge

Instance Typem6i.12xlargem5.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlargem5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlarge
Generationsm6i.12xlarge, m7i.12xlarge, m8i.12xlargem5.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m7i.12xlarge, m8i.12xlarge
Variantsm6a.12xlarge, m6g.12xlarge, m6gd.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m6in.12xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5ad.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5dn.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5zn.12xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.12xlargeml.m5.12xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.12xlargedb.m5.12xlarge
OpenSearchm5.12xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units168
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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m6i.12xlarge
m5.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.41922.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.66402.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.67842.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.68802.6960
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.68802.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.68802.8250
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.69642.8250
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.76002.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.82482.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.83202.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.88002.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.42402.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.88002.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.88002.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.90402.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.90402.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.97602.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.97603.0360
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.02403.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.03603.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.04803.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)3.1680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.42402.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)3.1680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)3.6720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.44802.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.44802.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.44802.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.56802.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.56802.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.56802.6880
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.30402.3040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.30402.3040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.30402.3040
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