m6a.16xlarge vs m8i-flex.16xlarge

Instance Typem6a.16xlargem8i-flex.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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 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.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem7i-flex.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge
Variantsm6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargem8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBpsup to 20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 MegabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.16xlarge
m8i-flex.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7776n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76483.3853
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45603.8544
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45603.9552
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.57124.0221
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.40644.0221
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.0557
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.0557
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a4.1558
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a4.2230
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a4.2566
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a5.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.76483.3853
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.08163.4186
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.08163.5862
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.19683.5862
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.22563.5862
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.22563.7203
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.22563.7539
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.31203.7539
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.2176
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76483.2176
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.2176
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