m7i.xlarge vs m8i.xlarge

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

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

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.12xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m7i.24xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m7i.48xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m7i.8xlarge, m7i.large, m7i.metal-24xl, m7i.metal-48xl, m7i.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
Generationsm6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsm7a.xlarge, m7g.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m7i-flex.xlargem8a.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.xlarge
SageMakerml.m7i.xlarge
RDSdb.m7i.xlargedb.m8i.xlarge
OpenSearchm7i.xlarge.search
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 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 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 Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

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m7i.xlarge
m8i.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.21170.2227
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.23310.2536
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.23440.2602
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.23520.2646
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.23520.2646
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.23520.2668
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.23590.2668
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.24150.2734
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.24720.2778
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.24780.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.25200.3374
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.21210.2227
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HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2604n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2604n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2646n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2667n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.21210.2249
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2772n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.3213n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21420.2359
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21420.2359
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21420.2359
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.22470.2448
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.22470.2470
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.22470.2470
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20160.2117
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20160.2117
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.20160.2117
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