m5dn.large vs x8i.large
| m5dn.large | x8i.large |
| General purpose | Memory optimized |
| Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 5 – Generation d – Instance store volume n – Network and EBS optimized large – Size | In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps. x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive 8 – Generation i – Intel processor large – Size |
| 2 | 2 |
| 8 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) | Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) |
| 3.1 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| m5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge | x8i.12xlarge, x8i.16xlarge, x8i.24xlarge, x8i.2xlarge, x8i.32xlarge, x8i.48xlarge, x8i.4xlarge, x8i.64xlarge, x8i.8xlarge, x8i.96xlarge, x8i.large, x8i.metal-48xl, x8i.metal-96xl, x8i.xlarge |
| m5dn.large, m6idn.large, m8idn.large | |
| m5.large, m5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large | x8aedz.large, x8g.large |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| 1 x 75 NVMe SSD | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 3500 MBps | up to 10000 MBps |
| 650 Mbps | 650 Mbps |
| 81.25 Mbps | 81.25 Mbps |
| 3600 IOPS | 3600 IOPS |
| 18750 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 4750 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 593.75 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 25 Gigabit | Up to 12500 Megabit |
| no | yes |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 20 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.67x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m5dn.large | x8i.large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.1520 | 0.2258 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.1620 | 0.2496 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.1670 | 0.2626 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.1710 | 0.2626 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.1710 | 0.2757 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.1750 | 0.3064 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.3173 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.3173 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.1360 | 0.2188 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.1360 | 0.2188 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.1360 | 0.2188 |