m5dn.2xlarge vs m6idn.2xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 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.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargem6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.2xlarge
m6idn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60800.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7722
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.7816
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8003
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8050
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8190
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.8262
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.9956
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.64800.6699
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.66800.6786
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68400.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68400.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70000.7114
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7239
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7338
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7582
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.54400.6365
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.54400.6365
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.54400.6365
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