m6a.16xlarge vs m7i.16xlarge

Instance Typem6a.16xlargem7i.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
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.2 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.xlargem7i.12xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m7i.24xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m7i.48xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m7i.8xlarge, m7i.large, m7i.metal-24xl, m7i.metal-48xl, m7i.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge
Variantsm6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargem7a.16xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.16xlargeml.m7i.16xlarge
RDSdb.m7i.16xlarge
OpenSearchm7i.16xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit25000 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 Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.16xlarge
m7i.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7776n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76483.3869
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45603.7296
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45603.7498
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.57123.7632
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.40643.7632
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.7632
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.7750
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.9549
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.9648
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a4.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.76483.3936
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a4.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a4.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a4.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a4.0656
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a4.0656
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a4.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a4.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a4.2336
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a4.2502
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a4.2672
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.08163.3936
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a4.4352
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a5.1408
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.08163.4272
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.19683.4272
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.22563.4272
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.22563.5952
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.22563.5952
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.31203.5952
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.2256
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76483.2256
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.2256
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