m6a.8xlarge vs m7i-flex.8xlarge

Instance Typem6a.8xlargem7i-flex.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem7i-flex.8xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge
Variantsm6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlargem7a.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 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.8xlarge
m7i-flex.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.8888n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.8888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.38241.6088
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.72801.7715
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.72801.7811
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.78561.7875
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.20321.7875
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.8354
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.8834
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.38241.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.9312
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.9312
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.9790
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.9790
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.0110
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a2.1067
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a2.4419
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.54081.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.54081.6279
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.59841.6279
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.61281.6280
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.61281.7077
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.61281.7077
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.65601.7077
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.5322
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.38241.5322
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.5322
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