m7i-flex.8xlarge vs m6i.8xlarge

Instance Typem7i-flex.8xlargem6i.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.8xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlargem6i.8xlarge, m7i.8xlarge, m8i.8xlarge
Variantsm7a.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i.8xlargem6a.8xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.8xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 Megabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m7i-flex.8xlarge
m6i.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.60881.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.77151.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.78111.7856
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.78751.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.78751.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.83541.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.88341.7976
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.91521.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.91521.8832
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.91521.8880
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.91521.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.61201.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.93121.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.93121.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.97901.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.97901.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.01101.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.10671.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.44192.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a2.0240
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a2.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a2.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.61201.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a2.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a2.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.62791.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.62791.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.62801.6320
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.70771.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.70771.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.70771.7120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.53221.5360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.53221.5360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.53221.5360
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