m5dn.12xlarge vs m8idn.12xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.12xlargem8idn.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
8 – 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 Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.9 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.xlargem8idn.12xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8idn.24xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8idn.32xlarge, m8idn.48xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge, m8idn.96xlarge, m8idn.large, m8idn.metal-48xl, m8idn.metal-96xl, m8idn.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlarge
Variantsm5.12xlarge, m5a.12xlarge, m5ad.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5zn.12xlargem8a.12xlarge, m8azn.12xlarge, m8g.12xlarge, m8gb.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m8gn.12xlarge, m8i-flex.12xlarge, m8i.12xlarge, m8ib.12xlarge, m8id.12xlarge, m8idb.12xlarge, m8in.12xlarge, m8ine.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD1 x 2850 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50 Gigabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.12xlarge
m8idn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.64805.0165
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.88805.1218
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.00805.8968
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.2000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.26404.5826
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.26404.5826
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.26404.5826
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