r8g.2xlarge vs m5n.2xlarge

Instance Typer8g.2xlargem5n.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr8g.12xlarge, r8g.16xlarge, r8g.24xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8g.48xlarge, r8g.4xlarge, r8g.8xlarge, r8g.large, r8g.medium, r8g.metal-24xl, r8g.metal-48xl, r8g.xlargem5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlarge
Generationsr6g.2xlarge, r7g.2xlarge, r8g.2xlargem5n.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge
Variantsr8a.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.r8g.2xlarge
RDSdb.r8g.2xlarge
DocumentDBdb.r8g.2xlarge
OpenSearchr8g.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.r8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
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 Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r8g.2xlarge
m5n.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3303n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3303n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.47130.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5271n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5274n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5522n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5535n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5647n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.47130.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.5685n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.5801n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.5930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.6248n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.6254n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.6283n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.48320.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.7499n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.48320.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.49480.5960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.50120.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.5162n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.5162n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5236n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4760
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.47130.4760
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4760
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