m7a.8xlarge vs m8idn.8xlarge

Instance Typem7a.8xlargem8idn.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlargem8idn.12xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8idn.24xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8idn.32xlarge, m8idn.48xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge, m8idn.96xlarge, m8idn.large, m8idn.metal-48xl, m8idn.metal-96xl, m8idn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge
Variantsm7g.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i.8xlargem8a.8xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8i-flex.8xlarge, m8i.8xlarge, m8ib.8xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8idb.8xlarge, m8in.8xlarge, m8ine.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.59x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m7a.8xlarge
m8idn.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.97063.3443
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.06723.4146
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.06723.9312
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.1445n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.2218n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.3184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.3957n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.85473.0550
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.85473.0550
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.85473.0550
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