m5dn.metal vs m6idn.metal

Instance Typem5dn.metalm6idn.metal
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
metal – Bare metal
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
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs96128
Memory384 GiB512 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.metal, m6idn.metal
Variantsm5.metal, m5d.metal, m5n.metal, m5zn.metalm6a.metal, m6g.metal, m6gd.metal, m6i.metal, m6id.metal, m6in.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD4 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput14000 MBps100000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS400000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS400000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps100000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps12500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit200000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards12
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces12
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.58x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m5dn.metal
m6idn.metal
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.296010.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a12.3552
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a12.5050
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a12.8045
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a12.8794
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a13.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a13.2198
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a15.9296
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.776010.7187
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)8.016010.8576
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)8.208011.1475
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)8.208011.1475
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)8.400011.3818
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a11.5827
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a11.7402
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a12.1306
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)6.528010.1837
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)6.528010.1837
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)6.528010.1837
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