m8i.16xlarge vs m5dn.16xlarge

Instance Typem8i.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8i.12xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8i.24xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8i.32xlarge, m8i.48xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8i.8xlarge, m8i.96xlarge, m8i.large, m8i.metal-48xl, m8i.metal-96xl, m8i.xlargem5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge
Generationsm6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge
Variantsm8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
RDSdb.m8i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30000 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

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m8i.16xlarge
m5dn.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.56324.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.9514n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.0573n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.1629n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.2688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.2688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.3747n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.4454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.4806n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.56325.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.3978n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.59845.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.77505.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.77505.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.77505.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.7750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.9162n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.9514n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.38694.3520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.38694.3520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.38694.3520
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