m5dn.4xlarge vs m8idn.4xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.4xlargem8idn.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5n.4xlargem8a.4xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance18750 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.4xlarge
m8idn.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.21601.6722
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.29601.7073
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.33601.9656
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.3680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.3680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.4000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.08801.5275
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.08801.5275
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.08801.5275
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