m8i.2xlarge vs r8gb.2xlarge

Instance Typem8i.2xlarger8gb.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel 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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8i.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.xlarger8gb.12xlarge, r8gb.16xlarge, r8gb.24xlarge, r8gb.2xlarge, r8gb.48xlarge, r8gb.4xlarge, r8gb.8xlarge, r8gb.large, r8gb.medium, r8gb.metal-24xl, r8gb.metal-48xl, r8gb.xlarge
Generationsm6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarger8a.2xlarge, r8g.2xlarge, r8gd.2xlarge, r8gn.2xlarge, r8i-flex.2xlarge, r8i.2xlarge, r8ib.2xlarge, r8id.2xlarge, r8idb.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge, r8in.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 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps1562.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 33.333 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.46x

Regional Prices

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m8i.2xlarge
r8gb.2xlarge
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USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4234n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.42340.7287
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.42340.7287
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