m7i-flex.16xlarge vs m6i.16xlarge

Instance Typem7i-flex.16xlargem6i.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7i-flex.12xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i-flex.2xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i-flex.large, m7i-flex.xlargem6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlarge
Generationsm7i-flex.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlargem6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge
Variantsm7a.16xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7i.16xlargem6a.16xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.16xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 20000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25000 Megabit25000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m7i-flex.16xlarge
m6i.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.21753.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.54303.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.56223.5712
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.57503.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.57503.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.67073.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.76673.5952
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.83043.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.83043.7664
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.83043.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.86243.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.22403.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.86243.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.95813.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.95813.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)4.02213.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)4.21343.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)4.88383.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a4.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a4.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a4.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a4.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.22403.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a4.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a4.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.25583.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.25583.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.25603.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.41543.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.41543.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.41543.4240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.06433.0720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.06433.0720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.06433.0720
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