m6g.2xlarge vs x8g.2xlarge

Instance Typem6g.2xlargex8g.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
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6g.12xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6g.large, m6g.medium, m6g.metal, m6g.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsm6g.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m9g.2xlarge
Variantsm6a.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlargex8i.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6g.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6g.2xlarge
OpenSearchm6g.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m6g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2250 MBpsup to 10240 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 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.48x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6g.2xlarge
x8g.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2024n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2024n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30800.8898
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.3552n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.3564n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3612n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30800.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3784n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.3872n/a
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)0.32340.9379
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.4064n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.4896n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.32641.0924
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.3264n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.3280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3424n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3424n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3440n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.7816
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30800.7816
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.7816
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