m5dn.12xlarge vs m6idn.12xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.12xlargem6idn.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlarge
Variantsm5.12xlarge, m5a.12xlarge, m5ad.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5zn.12xlargem6a.12xlarge, m6g.12xlarge, m6gd.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6in.12xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps37500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.12xlarge
m6idn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.64803.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a4.6332
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.6894
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.8017
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a4.8298
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.9140
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.9574
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a5.9736
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.88804.0195
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.00804.0716
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.10404.1803
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.10404.1803
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.20004.2682
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.3435
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.4026
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.5490
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.26403.8189
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.26403.8189
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.26403.8189
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