m8id.12xlarge vs m6idn.12xlarge

Instance Typem8id.12xlargem6idn.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8id.12xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8id.24xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8id.32xlarge, m8id.48xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8id.96xlarge, m8id.large, m8id.metal-48xl, m8id.metal-96xl, m8id.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm6id.12xlarge, m8id.12xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlarge
Variantsm8a.12xlarge, m8azn.12xlarge, m8g.12xlarge, m8gb.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m8gn.12xlarge, m8i-flex.12xlarge, m8i.12xlarge, m8ib.12xlarge, m8idb.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlarge, m8in.12xlarge, m8ine.12xlargem6a.12xlarge, m6g.12xlarge, m6gd.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6in.12xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage1 x 2850 NVMe SSD2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput15000 MBps37500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS150000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps37500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps4687.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance22500 Megabit75000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces128
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m8id.12xlarge
m6idn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.32643.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a4.6332
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a4.6894
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a4.8017
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a4.8298
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.9140
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.9574
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a5.9736
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.49274.0195
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.49274.0716
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.63144.1803
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.76994.1803
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.04714.2682
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.3435
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.4026
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a4.5490
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.13253.8189
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.13253.8189
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.13253.8189
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