m6i.2xlarge vs m5.2xlarge

Instance Typem6i.2xlargem5.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 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.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlargem2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsm6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlargem5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.2xlargeml.m5.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.2xlargedb.m5.2xlarge
OpenSearchm5.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units37
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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m6i.2xlarge
m5.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40320.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44400.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.44640.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44800.4490
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.44800.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.44800.4710
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.44940.4710
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.46000.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.47080.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.47200.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.48000.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40400.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.48000.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.48000.4840
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.48400.4840
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.48400.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.49600.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.49600.5060
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.50400.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.50600.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.50800.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40400.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.6120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40800.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.40800.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40800.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42800.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.42800.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.42800.4480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.38400.3840
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.38400.3840
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.38400.3840
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