m6id.largevsm8id.large

m6id.large is 9% cheaper than m8id.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $8.61 a month.

At a glancem6id.largem8id.large
On-demand$0.1187/hr9% less$0.1305/hr
Lowest rate$0.034/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0307/hr10% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionm6id.largem8id.largem8id.large vs m6id.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1187$0.1305▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.03476% off$0.0307▼ 10%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.0748——
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.0513——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.086927% off$0.0956▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.059750% off$0.0657▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m6id.large leads
On-demand price$0.1187 vs $0.1305 per hour
9% cheaper
Where m8id.large leads
IPv4 addresses per interface20 vs 10
2× higher
Max EBS volumes32 vs 26
23% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
11% higher

Specs

9 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm6id.largem8id.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm6id.largem8id.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 8 differm6id.largem8id.large
NetworkUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.781 Gbps0.937 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1020
Storage1 of 12 differm6id.largem8id.large
Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 118 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2632
Instance details2 of 10 differm6id.largem8id.large
Familym6idm8id
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m6id.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm6id.largem8id.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1187$0.1305▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1187$0.1305▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1187$0.1305▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.1258$0.1384▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.1281$0.1409▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.1323$0.1455▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.1323$0.1455▲ 10%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.1323$0.1455▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.1376$0.1513▲ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1428$0.1571▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.1491$0.164▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.1533$0.1686▲ 10%

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