m5ad.2xlarge vs r6i.2xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.2xlarger6i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
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
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed2.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarger6i.12xlarge, r6i.16xlarge, r6i.24xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6i.32xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6i.8xlarge, r6i.large, r6i.metal, r6i.xlarge
Generationsr6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarger6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r6i.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6i.2xlarge, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r6i.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 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 Diff1.00x1.23x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.2xlarge
r6i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.41200.5168
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.52000.5600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.52400.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.53600.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.66000.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.5922
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.6040
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.6040
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.6040
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46000.5168
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.6204
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.6204
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.6342
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.6688
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46000.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.8040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.48000.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.48400.5292
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48800.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.50000.5472
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.50800.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.51600.5520
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.41200.5040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.41200.5040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.5040
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