m6a.4xlarge vs m7i-flex.4xlarge

Instance Typem6a.4xlargem7i-flex.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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-flex.12xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i-flex.2xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i-flex.large, m7i-flex.xlarge
Generationsm5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargem7i-flex.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge
Variantsm6g.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6in.4xlargem7a.4xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.4xlarge
m7i-flex.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4444n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4444n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.69120.8044
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.86400.8858
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.86400.8906
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.89280.8938
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.10160.8938
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.9177
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.9417
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.9576
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.9576
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.9576
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.9576
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69120.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.9656
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.9656
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.9895
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.9895
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.0055
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.0534
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.2210
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.77040.8060
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77040.8140
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.79920.8140
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80640.8140
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80640.8538
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.80640.8538
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.82800.8538
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.7661
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.69120.7661
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.7661
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