m6i.8xlarge vs m8i-flex.8xlarge

Instance Typem6i.8xlargem8i-flex.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.32xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.large, m6i.metal, m6i.xlargem8i-flex.12xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge, m8i-flex.large, m8i-flex.xlarge
Generationsm6i.8xlarge, m7i.8xlarge, m8i.8xlargem7i-flex.8xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge
Variantsm6a.8xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlargem8a.8xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8i.8xlarge, m8ib.8xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8idb.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge, m8in.8xlarge, m8ine.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6i.8xlarge
RDSdb.m6i.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces810
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m6i.8xlarge
m8i-flex.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.61281.6926
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.77601.8770
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.78561.9272
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.79201.9776
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.79202.0110
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.79202.0110
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.79762.0278
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.84002.0278
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.88322.0779
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.88802.1115
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.92002.1283
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.61601.6926
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.92002.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.9200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.9360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.9360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.9840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.9840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.0160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)2.0240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)2.0320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)2.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.61601.7093
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)2.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)2.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.63201.7931
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.63201.7931
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.63201.7931
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.71201.7931
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.71201.8602
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.71201.8770
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.53601.6088
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.53601.6088
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.53601.6088
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