m8a.8xlarge vs m6idn.8xlarge

Instance Typem8a.8xlargem6idn.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
n – Network and EBS optimized
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.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.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, m6id.8xlarge, m6in.8xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.8xlargedb.m6idn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15000 Megabit50000 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 Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

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m8a.8xlarge
m6idn.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.04882.6560
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a3.0888
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a3.1262
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a3.2011
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a3.2198
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.9824
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.04902.6797
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.17062.7144
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.17062.7869
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.33282.7869
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.45462.8454
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.51552.8957
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.9350
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a3.0326
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.94752.5459
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.94752.5459
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.94752.5459
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