m8in.4xlarge vs m6idn.4xlarge

Instance Typem8in.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – 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
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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
Sizesm8in.12xlarge, m8in.16xlarge, m8in.24xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8in.32xlarge, m8in.48xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8in.8xlarge, m8in.96xlarge, m8in.large, m8in.metal-48xl, m8in.metal-96xl, m8in.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm6in.4xlarge, m8in.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge
Variantsm8a.4xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlargem6a.4xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6in.4xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps1562.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS50000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50 GigabitUp to 50000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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m8in.4xlarge
m6idn.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.48981.3280
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.5444
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.5631
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.6006
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6099
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.6380
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.6525
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.9912
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.49381.3398
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.71851.3572
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.3934
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.3934
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.4227
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.4478
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.4675
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.5163
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.33661.2730
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.33661.2730
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.33661.2730
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