m6a.48xlarge vs m8a.48xlarge

Instance Typem6a.48xlargem8a.48xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
48xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
48xlarge – Size
vCPUs192192
Memory768 GiB768 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
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.xlargem8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlarge
Generationsm6a.48xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m8a.48xlargem6a.48xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m8a.48xlarge
Variantsm8g.48xlarge, m8gb.48xlarge, m8gd.48xlarge, m8gn.48xlarge, m8i.48xlarge, m8ib.48xlarge, m8id.48xlarge, m8idb.48xlarge, m8idn.48xlarge, m8in.48xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.48xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40000 MBps60000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance240000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps7500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance50000 Megabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1524
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.41x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.48xlarge
m8a.48xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)5.3328n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)5.3328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)8.294412.2928
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)10.3680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)10.3680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)10.7136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)13.2192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)8.294412.2938
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)9.244813.0234
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)9.244813.0234
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)9.590413.9968
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)9.676814.7274
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)9.676815.0931
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)9.6768n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)9.9360n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a11.6851
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)8.294411.6851
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a11.6851
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