m8a.8xlarge vs m6id.8xlarge

Instance Typem8a.8xlargem6id.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlargem6id.12xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6id.24xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6id.32xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6id.large, m6id.metal, m6id.xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem6id.8xlarge, m8id.8xlarge
Variantsm8g.8xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge, m8i.8xlarge, m8ib.8xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8idb.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge, m8in.8xlarge, m8ine.8xlargem6a.8xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6id.8xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.8xlargedb.m6id.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15000 Megabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m8a.8xlarge
m6id.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.04881.9933
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.2075
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.2176
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.2227
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.2344
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.2848
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.3352
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.3688
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.3856
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.4528
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.04902.0134
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.5050
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.5133
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a3.0240
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.17062.0134
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.17062.0496
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.33282.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.45462.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.51552.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.2008
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.94751.8984
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.94751.8984
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.94751.8984
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