m8g.2xlarge vs r5b.2xlarge

Instance Typem8g.2xlarger5b.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8g.12xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8g.24xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8g.48xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m8g.large, m8g.medium, m8g.metal-24xl, m8g.metal-48xl, m8g.xlarger5b.12xlarge, r5b.16xlarge, r5b.24xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5b.4xlarge, r5b.8xlarge, r5b.large, r5b.metal, r5b.xlarge
Generationsm6g.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m9g.2xlarger5b.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarger5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m8g.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8g.2xlargedb.r5b.2xlarge, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc1.mem2x, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem4x, db.r5b.2xlarge.tpc2.mem8x
OpenSearchm8g.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m8g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 128000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS21667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS43333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.65x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8g.2xlarge
r5b.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2566n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2566n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.35900.6318
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.40020.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.41520.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4174n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4189n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4302n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4414n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.35900.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4523n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4525n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4638n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4638n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4731n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.4750n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.4937n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.37700.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4937n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.5722n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.38150.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.38150.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.38150.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.39990.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40020.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.40020.7240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.35900.5960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.5960
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