m6in.xlarge vs m8in.xlarge

Instance Typem6in.xlargem8in.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6in.12xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m6in.32xlarge, m6in.4xlarge, m6in.8xlarge, m6in.large, m6in.metal, m6in.xlargem8in.12xlarge, m8in.16xlarge, m8in.24xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8in.32xlarge, m8in.48xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8in.8xlarge, m8in.96xlarge, m8in.large, m8in.metal-48xl, m8in.metal-96xl, m8in.xlarge
Generationsm6in.xlarge, m8in.xlargem6in.xlarge, m8in.xlarge
Variantsm6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlargem8a.xlarge, m8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gb.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8i.xlarge, m8ib.xlarge, m8id.xlarge, m8idb.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge, m8ine.xlarge
RDSdb.m6in.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput390.625 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12500 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance100000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 30000 MegabitUp to 30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m6in.xlarge
m8in.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.29020.3724
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3370n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.3416n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.3487n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.3510n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3580n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3669n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4438n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.29300.3735
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.29600.4296
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.3104n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.3104n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.3112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3249n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3299n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.27850.3342
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.27850.3342
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.27850.3342
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