m7i-flex.2xlarge vs m8i.2xlarge

Instance Typem7i-flex.2xlargem8i.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7i-flex.12xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i-flex.2xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i-flex.large, m7i-flex.xlargem8i.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.xlarge
Generationsm7i-flex.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlargem6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsm7a.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m7i.2xlargem8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8i.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15000 Megabit
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 Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m7i-flex.2xlarge
m8i.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40220.4454
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44290.5072
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.44530.5204
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44690.5292
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.44690.5292
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.45880.5336
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.47080.5336
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.47880.5468
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.47880.5557
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.47880.5601
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.47880.6747
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40300.4454
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4828n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4828n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4948n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4948n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.5028n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.5267n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.6105n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40300.4498
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40700.4719
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.40700.4719
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40700.4719
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42690.4895
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.42690.4939
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.42690.4939
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.38300.4234
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.38300.4234
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.38300.4234
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