m5.16xlarge vs m8i.16xlarge

Instance Typem5.16xlargem8i.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.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
Generationsm4.16xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlargem6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge
Variantsm5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlargem8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.16xlarge
RDSdb.m5.16xlargedb.m8i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units256
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13600 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1700 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13600 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1700 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

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m5.16xlarge
m8i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.23203.5632
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.58404.0573
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.58404.1629
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.59504.2336
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.68004.2336
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.76604.2688
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.76604.2688
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.77604.3747
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.84004.4454
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.84004.4806
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.84005.3978
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.23203.5632
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)4.0480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)4.0640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)4.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.26403.5984
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.42403.7750
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.42403.7750
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.42403.7750
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.42403.9162
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.55203.9514
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.58403.9514
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.07203.3869
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.07203.3869
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.07203.3869
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