m8a.large vs m6id.large

Instance Typem8a.largem6id.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.largem6id.large, m8id.large
Variantsm8azn.large, m8g.large, m8gb.large, m8gd.large, m8gn.large, m8i-flex.large, m8i.large, m8ib.large, m8id.large, m8idb.large, m8idn.large, m8in.large, m8ine.largem6a.large, m6g.large, m6gd.large, m6i.large, m6idn.large, m6in.large
SageMakerml.m6id.large
RDSdb.m8a.largedb.m6id.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m8a.large
m6id.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.12810.1246
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.1380
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.1386
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.1389
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.1397
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1428
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1460
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1481
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1491
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1502
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1533
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12810.1258
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1566
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.1571
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.1890
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.13570.1258
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.13570.1281
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.14580.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.15340.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.15720.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.1376
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.12170.1187
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.12170.1187
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.12170.1187
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