r5a.2xlarge vs m8id.2xlarge

Instance Typer5a.2xlargem8id.2xlarge
Instance FamilyMemory optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-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
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlargem8id.12xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8id.24xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8id.32xlarge, m8id.48xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8id.8xlarge, m8id.96xlarge, m8id.large, m8id.metal-48xl, m8id.metal-96xl, m8id.xlarge
Generationsr5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlargem6id.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlargem8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r5a.2xlarge
m8id.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45200.5544
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.7240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.49600.5821
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.50400.5821
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.50800.6052
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.53200.6283
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53200.6745
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.5320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5440n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.45200.5221
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.45200.5221
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.5221
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