m6a.12xlarge vs m8i-flex.12xlarge

Instance Typem6a.12xlargem8i-flex.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.9 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.xlargem8i-flex.12xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge, m8i-flex.large, m8i-flex.xlarge
Generationsm5a.12xlarge, m6a.12xlarge, m7a.12xlarge, m8a.12xlargem7i-flex.12xlarge, m8i-flex.12xlarge
Variantsm6g.12xlarge, m6gd.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m6in.12xlargem8a.12xlarge, m8azn.12xlarge, m8g.12xlarge, m8gb.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m8gn.12xlarge, m8i.12xlarge, m8ib.12xlarge, m8id.12xlarge, m8idb.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlarge, m8in.12xlarge, m8ine.12xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBpsup to 15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps937.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 MegabitUp to 22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.23x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.12xlarge
m8i-flex.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.3332n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.3332n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.07362.5390
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.59202.8154
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.59202.8908
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.67842.9664
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.30483.0166
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.0166
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.0418
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.0418
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.1169
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.1673
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.1925
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.07362.5390
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a3.8460
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.31122.5639
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.31122.6897
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.39762.6897
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.41922.6897
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.41922.6897
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.41922.7902
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.48402.8154
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.4132
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.07362.4132
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.4132
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