m8i.xlarge vs m6in.xlarge

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

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

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.12xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8i.24xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8i.32xlarge, m8i.48xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8i.8xlarge, m8i.96xlarge, m8i.large, m8i.metal-48xl, m8i.metal-96xl, m8i.xlargem6in.12xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m6in.32xlarge, m6in.4xlarge, m6in.8xlarge, m6in.large, m6in.metal, m6in.xlarge
Generationsm6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem6in.xlarge, m8in.xlarge
Variantsm8a.xlarge, m8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gb.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8ib.xlarge, m8id.xlarge, m8idb.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge, m8in.xlarge, m8ine.xlargem6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge
SageMakerml.m8i.xlarge
RDSdb.m8i.xlargedb.m6in.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps390.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS12500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.30x

Regional Prices

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m8i.xlarge
m6in.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.22270.2902
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.24700.3370
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.25360.3416
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.26020.3487
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.26460.3510
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.26460.3580
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.26680.3669
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.26680.4438
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2734n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2778n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.22270.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.3374n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.22490.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23590.3104
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.23590.3104
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.23590.3112
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.23590.3220
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.24480.3249
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.24700.3299
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.21170.2785
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.21170.2785
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.21170.2785
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