r5dn.2xlarge vs m8idn.2xlarge

Instance Typer5dn.2xlargem8idn.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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr5dn.12xlarge, r5dn.16xlarge, r5dn.24xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5dn.4xlarge, r5dn.8xlarge, r5dn.large, r5dn.metal, r5dn.xlargem8idn.12xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8idn.24xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8idn.32xlarge, m8idn.48xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8idn.8xlarge, m8idn.96xlarge, m8idn.large, m8idn.metal-48xl, m8idn.metal-96xl, m8idn.xlarge
Generationsr5dn.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r8idn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsr5.2xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5n.2xlargem8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
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 Diff1.00x1.08x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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r5dn.2xlarge
m8idn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.70800.8361
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.8120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.8160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.8840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.74400.8536
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.78400.9828
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.7840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.7960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.7960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.8040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.8040n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.66800.7638
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.66800.7638
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.66800.7638
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