m5dn.xlarge vs m6idn.xlarge

Instance Typem5dn.xlargem6idn.xlarge
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
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m8idn.xlargem6idn.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlargem6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6in.xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS12500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5dn.xlarge
m6idn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30400.3320
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3861
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3908
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4001
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4025
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4095
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.4131
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.4978
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32400.3350
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33400.3393
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34200.3484
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34200.3484
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35000.3557
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3620
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3669
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3791
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.27200.3182
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.27200.3182
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.27200.3182
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