m5a.2xlarge vs r8ib.2xlarge

Instance Typem5a.2xlarger8ib.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarger8ib.12xlarge, r8ib.16xlarge, r8ib.24xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8ib.32xlarge, r8ib.48xlarge, r8ib.4xlarge, r8ib.8xlarge, r8ib.96xlarge, r8ib.large, r8ib.metal-48xl, r8ib.metal-96xl, r8ib.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 26.66 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.28x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.2xlarge
r8ib.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34400.9379
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38400.9379
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38400.9996
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40001.0165
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.34400.8368
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34400.8368
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.8368
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