r6a.2xlarge vs m6in.2xlarge

Instance Typer6a.2xlargem6in.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-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
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.xlargem6in.12xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m6in.32xlarge, m6in.4xlarge, m6in.8xlarge, m6in.large, m6in.metal, m6in.xlarge
Generationsr5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlargem6in.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge
Variantsr6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.2xlargem6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6in.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.2xlarge
m6in.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2860n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45360.5803
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.54720.6739
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.6833
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.6973
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.7338
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8876
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.45360.5859
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.49680.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.50400.6207
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.50760.6207
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53280.6224
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.54360.6439
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.54720.6498
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.54720.6599
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5569
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.45360.5569
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.5569
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