m6a.16xlarge vs m6idn.16xlarge

Instance Typem6a.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 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.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem6idn.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge
Variantsm6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargem6a.16xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.16xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps50000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit100000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.93x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.16xlarge
m6idn.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7776n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76485.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45606.1776
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45606.2525
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.57126.4022
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.40646.4397
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a6.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a6.6099
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a7.9648
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.76485.3594
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.08165.4288
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.08165.5738
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.19685.5738
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.22565.6909
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.22565.7914
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.22565.8701
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.31206.0653
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a5.0918
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76485.0918
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a5.0918
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