m8gn.2xlarge vs r5n.2xlarge

Instance Typem8gn.2xlarger5n.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and 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
5 – Generation
n – Network and 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
Sizesm8gn.12xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8gn.24xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8gn.48xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8gn.large, m8gn.medium, m8gn.metal-24xl, m8gn.metal-48xl, m8gn.xlarger5n.12xlarge, r5n.16xlarge, r5n.24xlarge, r5n.2xlarge, r5n.4xlarge, r5n.8xlarge, r5n.large, r5n.metal, r5n.xlarge
Generationsr5n.2xlarge, r6in.2xlarge, r8in.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarger5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 50 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8gn.2xlarge
r5n.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.6505n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.7160
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.7950
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.6760
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.58200.5960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.58200.5960
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