m8gb.2xlarge vs r8idb.2xlarge

Instance Typem8gb.2xlarger8idb.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
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
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gb.12xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gb.48xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gb.large, m8gb.medium, m8gb.metal-24xl, m8gb.metal-48xl, m8gb.xlarger8idb.12xlarge, r8idb.16xlarge, r8idb.24xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idb.32xlarge, r8idb.48xlarge, r8idb.4xlarge, r8idb.8xlarge, r8idb.96xlarge, r8idb.large, r8idb.metal-48xl, r8idb.metal-96xl, r8idb.xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 33.333 GigabitUp to 26.66 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x1.69x

Regional Prices

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m8gb.2xlarge
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EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.6505n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a1.0446
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.0446
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.1176
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.1400
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9379
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.58200.9379
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.58200.9379
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