m5ad.2xlarge vs r6in.2xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.2xlarger6in.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
n – Network and EBS optimized
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.xlarger6in.12xlarge, r6in.16xlarge, r6in.24xlarge, r6in.2xlarge, r6in.32xlarge, r6in.4xlarge, r6in.8xlarge, r6in.large, r6in.metal, r6in.xlarge
Generationsr6in.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarger6a.2xlarge, r6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge
RDSdb.r6in.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS 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 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 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 Diff1.00x1.64x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.2xlarge
r6in.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.41200.7441
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.6600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46000.7628
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46000.7816
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.48000.8190
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.48400.8330
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48800.8330
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.50000.8377
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.50800.8471
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.51600.8471
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.41200.6973
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.41200.6973
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6973
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