m5zn.large vs x8i.large

Instance Typem5zn.largex8i.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
large – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 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.xlargex8i.12xlarge, x8i.16xlarge, x8i.24xlarge, x8i.2xlarge, x8i.32xlarge, x8i.48xlarge, x8i.4xlarge, x8i.64xlarge, x8i.8xlarge, x8i.96xlarge, x8i.large, x8i.metal-48xl, x8i.metal-96xl, x8i.xlarge
Variantsm5.large, m5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.largex8aedz.large, x8g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth800 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput100 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3333 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13333 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m5zn.large
x8i.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.18410.2258
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19270.2496
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19790.2626
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20300.2626
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20650.2757
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20650.3064
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21340.3173
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.26320.3173
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.16520.2188
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.16520.2188
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.16520.2188
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