m8i.16xlarge vs m7a.16xlarge

Instance Typem8i.16xlargem7a.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core21
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.xlargem7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlarge
Generationsm6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlargem5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlarge
Variantsm8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargem7g.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge
RDSdb.m8i.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30000 Megabit25000 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 Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

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m8i.16xlarge
m7a.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.56323.9411
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.9514n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.0573n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.1629n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)4.2336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.2688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)4.2688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)4.3747n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)4.4454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)4.4806n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.56324.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)5.3978n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.59844.1344
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.77504.2890
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.77504.4435
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.77504.6368
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.77504.7914
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.9162n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.9514n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.38693.7094
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.38693.7094
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.38693.7094
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