m5dn.8xlarge vs m6idn.8xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – 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
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5n.8xlargem6a.8xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6in.8xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6800 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput850 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6800 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput850 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit50000 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 ($)
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.8xlarge
m6idn.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.43202.6560
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.0888
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a3.1262
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a3.2011
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.2198
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.9824
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.59202.6797
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.67202.7144
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.73602.7869
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.73602.7869
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.80002.8454
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.8957
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.9350
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a3.0326
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.17602.5459
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.17602.5459
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.17602.5459
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