r6a.4xlarge vs m6idn.4xlarge
| r6a.4xlarge | m6idn.4xlarge |
| Memory optimized | General purpose |
| High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps. r – RAM / memory optimized 6 – Generation a – AMD processor 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 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 128 GiB | 64 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| 3.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| r6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlarge | m6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge |
| r5a.4xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r8a.4xlarge | m6idn.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge |
| r6g.4xlarge, r6gd.4xlarge, r6i.4xlarge, r6id.4xlarge, r6idn.4xlarge, r6in.4xlarge | m6a.4xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6in.4xlarge |
| db.m6idn.4xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| EBS only | 1 x 950 NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 6667 MBps | up to 25000 MBps |
| 5000 Mbps | 12500 Mbps |
| 625 Mbps | 1562.5 Mbps |
| 20000 IOPS | 50000 IOPS |
| 40000 IOPS | 100000 IOPS |
| 10000 Mbps | 25000 Mbps |
| 1250 Mbps | 3125 Mbps |
| Up to 12500 Megabit | Up to 50000 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 30 | 30 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.54x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | r6a.4xlarge | m6idn.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2) | 0.5720 | n/a |
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.5720 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.9072 | 1.3280 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 1.0944 | 1.5631 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 1.6006 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 1.6099 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 1.6380 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 1.6525 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.9072 | 1.3572 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.9936 | 1.3934 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 1.0080 | 1.3934 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 1.0152 | 1.4227 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 1.0656 | 1.4478 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 1.0872 | 1.4675 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 1.0944 | 1.5163 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 1.0944 | 1.5444 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 1.2730 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.9072 | 1.2730 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 1.2730 |