m6a.xlarge vs m6i.xlarge

Instance Typem6a.xlargem6i.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.5 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.xlargem6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlarge
Generationsm5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlargem6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsm6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m6in.xlargem6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m6in.xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.xlargeml.m6i.xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.xlarge
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 Bandwidth1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.xlarge
m6i.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1111n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1111n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17280.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21600.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.21600.2232
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.22320.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.27540.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2247
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2354
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2360
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17280.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2420
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2420
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2530
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2540
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19260.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.3060
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.19260.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.19980.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20160.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20160.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.20160.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.20700.2140
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1920
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17280.1920
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1920
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