m6g.2xlarge vs r8i.2xlarge

Instance Typem6g.2xlarger8i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6g.12xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6g.large, m6g.medium, m6g.metal, m6g.xlarger8i.12xlarge, r8i.16xlarge, r8i.24xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8i.32xlarge, r8i.48xlarge, r8i.4xlarge, r8i.8xlarge, r8i.96xlarge, r8i.large, r8i.metal-48xl, r8i.metal-96xl, r8i.xlarge
Generationsm6g.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m9g.2xlarger6i.2xlarge, r7i.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge
Variantsm6a.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6g.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6g.2xlargedb.r8i.2xlarge
OpenSearchm6g.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m6g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2250 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.81x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m6g.2xlarge
r8i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2024n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2024n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.35840.6659
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.36000.6659
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.36120.6659
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.36800.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.37600.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.37600.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30800.5733
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.37840.6703
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.38400.6840
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.38400.6992
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.38400.7374
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.38400.7409
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.38720.8864
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.3872n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.3960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.3968n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.4032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.32340.5733
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.4064n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.4896n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.32640.6086
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.32800.6086
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.34240.6174
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.34240.6218
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.34400.6218
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5557
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30800.5557
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.5557
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