m5n.2xlarge vs r5b.2xlarge

Instance Typem5n.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.1 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.xlarger5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarge
Generationsm5n.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarger5b.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarger5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
RDSdb.r5b.2xlarge, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 128000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS21667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS43333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.27x

Regional Prices

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m5n.2xlarge
r5b.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.53200.6318
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.56400.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58400.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.59600.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.59600.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.61200.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.47600.5960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.47600.5960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.47600.5960
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