m5n.xlarge vs m6in.xlarge

Instance Typem5n.xlargem6in.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
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
Sizesm5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlargem6in.12xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m6in.32xlarge, m6in.4xlarge, m6in.8xlarge, m6in.large, m6in.metal, m6in.xlarge
Generationsm5n.xlarge, m6in.xlarge, m8in.xlargem6in.xlarge, m8in.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5zn.xlargem6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge
RDSdb.m6in.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
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 Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m5n.xlarge
m6in.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.26600.2902
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3370
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.3416
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.3487
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3510
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.3580
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.3669
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.4438
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.28200.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.29200.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.29800.3104
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.29800.3104
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.30600.3112
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3220
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3249
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3299
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.23800.2785
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.23800.2785
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.23800.2785
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