r6a.2xlarge vs m8idn.2xlarge

Instance Typer6a.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
6 – 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
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesr6a.12xlarge, r6a.16xlarge, r6a.24xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r6a.32xlarge, r6a.48xlarge, r6a.4xlarge, r6a.8xlarge, r6a.large, r6a.metal, r6a.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
Generationsr5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsr6g.2xlarge, r6gd.2xlarge, r6i.2xlarge, r6id.2xlarge, r6idn.2xlarge, r6in.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
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.75x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
r6a.2xlarge
m8idn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2860n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2860n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.45360.8361
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5472n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.45360.8536
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.49680.9828
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.5040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5076n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.5328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.5436n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.5472n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5472n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.7638
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.45360.7638
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.7638
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