m8i-flex.2xlarge vs m5zn.2xlarge

Instance Typem8i-flex.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed3.9 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8i-flex.12xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge, m8i-flex.large, m8i-flex.xlargem5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.xlarge
Generationsm7i-flex.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.66x

Regional Prices

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m8i-flex.2xlarge
m5zn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.42320.7364
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4818n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4944n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5070n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5070n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.5195n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.5279n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.5321n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.6410n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.42320.7708
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.42730.7914
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.44830.8120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.44830.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.44830.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.46500.8534
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.46921.0530
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4692n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40220.6607
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40220.6607
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.40220.6607
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