m5dn.8xlarge vs m8idn.8xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.8xlargem8idn.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
8 – 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 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.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5n.8xlargem8a.8xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge, m8i.8xlarge, m8ib.8xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8idb.8xlarge, m8in.8xlarge, m8ine.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 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6800 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput850 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6800 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput850 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit50 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 Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.32x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.8xlarge
m8idn.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.43203.3443
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.59203.4146
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.67203.9312
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.8000n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.17603.0550
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.17603.0550
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)2.17603.0550
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