m8ib.2xlarge vs r5dn.2xlarge

Instance Typem8ib.2xlarger5dn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel 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
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.9 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8ib.12xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8ib.24xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8ib.32xlarge, m8ib.48xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8ib.8xlarge, m8ib.96xlarge, m8ib.large, m8ib.metal-48xl, m8ib.metal-96xl, m8ib.xlarger5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlarge
Generationsr5dn.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarger5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6250 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput781.25 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 26.66 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
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 Diff1.00x1.06x

Regional Prices

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m8ib.2xlarge
r5dn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.74490.7080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.8120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8840
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.74690.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.85920.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.7960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.8040
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.8040
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66830.6680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66830.6680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66830.6680
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