m6a.12xlarge vs m6i.12xlarge

Instance Typem6a.12xlargem6i.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlargem6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlarge
Generationsm5a.12xlarge, m6a.12xlarge, m7a.12xlarge, m8a.12xlargem6i.12xlarge, m7i.12xlarge, m8i.12xlarge
Variantsm6g.12xlarge, m6gd.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m6in.12xlargem6a.12xlarge, m6g.12xlarge, m6gd.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m6in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.12xlargeml.m6i.12xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.12xlarge
m6i.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.3332n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.3332n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.07362.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.59202.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.59202.6784
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.67842.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.30482.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.6964
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.8248
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.07362.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a2.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a3.0240
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a3.0360
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a3.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a3.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.31122.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a3.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a3.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.31122.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.39762.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.41922.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.41922.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.41922.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.48402.5680
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.3040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.07362.3040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.3040
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