m5zn.2xlarge vs m8idn.2xlarge

Instance Typem5zn.2xlargem8idn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.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
Generationsm6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlargem8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3170 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput396.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance13333 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

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m5zn.2xlarge
m8idn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.73640.8361
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.77080.8536
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.79140.9828
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.8120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.8260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.8260n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.8534n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.0530n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66070.7638
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66070.7638
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66070.7638
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