m5n.16xlarge vs m8idn.16xlarge

Instance Typem5n.16xlargem8idn.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – 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
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 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
Sizesm5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.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
Generationsm5n.16xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge
Variantsm5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlargem8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8in.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3800 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13600 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1700 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13600 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1700 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance75 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.52x

Regional Prices

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m5n.16xlarge
m8idn.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.25606.6886
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.51206.8291
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.67207.8624
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.8960n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.80806.1101
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.80806.1101
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.80806.1101
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