m5.2xlarge vs m6in.2xlarge

Instance Typem5.2xlargem6in.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.5 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.xlargem6in.12xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m6in.32xlarge, m6in.4xlarge, m6in.8xlarge, m6in.large, m6in.metal, m6in.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlargem6in.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge
Variantsm5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargem6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.2xlarge
RDSdb.m5.2xlargedb.m6in.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 2120 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.42x

Regional Prices

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m5.2xlarge
m6in.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40400.5803
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44800.6739
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.44800.6833
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44900.6973
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.46000.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.47100.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.47100.7338
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.47200.8876
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40400.5859
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.5060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.5080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.6120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40800.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.42800.6207
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42800.6207
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42800.6224
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42800.6439
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.44400.6498
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.44800.6599
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.38400.5569
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.38400.5569
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.38400.5569
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