m6i.large vs m5.large

Instance Typem6i.largem5.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsm6a.large, m6g.large, m6gd.large, m6id.large, m6idn.large, m6in.largem5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
SageMakerml.m6i.largeml.m5.large
RDSdb.m6i.largedb.m5.large
OpenSearchm5.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units10
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6i.large
m5.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10080.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11100.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11160.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11200.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.11200.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.11200.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.11240.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.11500.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.11770.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.11800.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.12000.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10100.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.12000.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.12000.1210
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.12100.1210
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.12100.1240
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.12400.1240
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.12400.1270
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.12600.1270
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.12650.1320
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.12700.1530
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10100.1020
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10200.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10200.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10200.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10700.1070
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10700.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10700.1120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.09600.0960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.09600.0960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.09600.0960
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