m8i-flex.16xlarge vs m6in.16xlarge

Instance Typem8i-flex.16xlargem6in.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 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
Sizesm8i-flex.12xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge, m8i-flex.large, m8i-flex.xlargem6in.12xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m6in.32xlarge, m6in.4xlarge, m6in.8xlarge, m6in.large, m6in.metal, m6in.xlarge
Generationsm7i-flex.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlargem6in.16xlarge, m8in.16xlarge
Variantsm8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargem6a.16xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m8i-flex.16xlarge
RDSdb.m6in.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 20000 MBps50000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS200000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps50000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 30000 Megabit100000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m8i-flex.16xlarge
m6in.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.38534.6426
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.75395.3914
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.85445.4662
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.95525.5786
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.02215.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.02215.7283
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.05575.8707
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.05577.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.1558n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.2230n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.2566n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.38534.6874
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.41864.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.58624.9658
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.58624.9658
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.58624.9795
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.58625.1514
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.72035.1981
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.75395.2790
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.21764.4554
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.21764.4554
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.21764.4554
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