t3a.2xlarge vs m6i.2xlarge

Instance Typet3a.2xlargem6i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
3 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed2.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest3a.2xlarge, t3a.large, t3a.medium, t3a.micro, t3a.nano, t3a.small, t3a.xlargem6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlarge
Generationsm6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantst3.2xlargem6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2780 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth695 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15700 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2780 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput347.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 5 GigabitUp 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 Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t3a.2xlarge
m6i.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1971n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30080.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.35140.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.35710.4464
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.37440.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.37760.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.38020.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.39170.4494
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.48380.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4708
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32640.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.4840
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.4840
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.5060
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33410.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.33980.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.33980.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.34300.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.34500.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.34560.4280
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.35140.4280
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.30080.3840
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30080.3840
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3840
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