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m7i-flex.large

EC2 Instance

Flexible general-purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 4 GiB memory. Powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with lower baseline performance (40%) and ability to burst to 100%.

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Last Updated On: December 17, 2024
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CPU Encryption Speed Benchmarks

Cloud Mercato tested CPU performance using a range of encryption speed tests:

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Cloud Mercato's tested the I/O performance of this instance using a 100GB General Purpose SSD. Below are the results:

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I/O rate testing is conducted with local and block storages attached to the instance. Cloud Mercato uses the well-known open-source tool FIO. To express IOPS the following parametersare used: 4K block, random access, no filesystem (except for write access with root volume and avoidance of cache and buffer.

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Preliminary testing shows that new M7i-flex instances offer 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

Lower cost variant of M7i instances at 5% lower pricing

19-03-2025
cost_savings

Tests show that compared to M6i instances, new M7i instances deliver up to 40% higher transaction rates for MySQL OLTP databases and as much as 43% better performance for CPU-intensive workloads.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

AWS guarantees that M7i-flex instances will deliver full CPU performance 95% of the time, and at least 40% CPU performance in the remaining 5% of the time.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

Compared to previous Intel processor-based instances such as M4, M5, and M6i, the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) M7i and M7i-flex instances feature 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to provide better performance per dollar for general-purpose workloads than previous generation instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

Tests show that compared to M6i instances, new M7i instances deliver up to 40% higher transaction rates for MySQL OLTP databases and as much as 43% better performance for CPU-intensive workloads.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

Preliminary testing shows that new M7i-flex instances offer 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

AWS guarantees that M7i-flex instances will deliver full CPU performance 95% of the time, and at least 40% CPU performance in the remaining 5% of the time.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

Compared to previous Intel processor-based instances such as M4, M5, and M6i, the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) M7i and M7i-flex instances feature 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to provide better performance per dollar for general-purpose workloads than previous generation instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

AWS has launched two new Amazon EC2 instances to manage the varying virtual workloads across multiple environments. The two new instances of Amazon Elastic Computer Cloud or Amazon EC2 are: M7i-Flex and M7i

19-03-2025

This video guides when to select m7i or m7i-flex AWS EC2 instances and difference between them.

2023-06-08 00:00:00

The new M7i-flex instances allow you to save money while ensuring your workload has resources for unexpected load increases.

Intel
22-01-2024
cost_savings

m7i-flex is a brand-new instance type in AWS. It is based on Intel(r) 4th Gen Xeon Processors that are listed as a 'lower cost variant of M7i'. This session provides a deeper view of these instances and the tradeoffs of selecting this instance vs. a 'regular' instance.

2023-11-12 00:00:00
cost_savings

Given that the new `m7i-flex` instance type is now available and breaks the current pattern of burstable instances being in a non `m` family; how does Karpenter currently treat these instances and allow them to be filtered out? If this isn't a default pattern what plans are there to improve this?

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Preliminary testing shows that new M7i-flex instances offer 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

Compared to previous Intel processor-based instances such as M4, M5, and M6i, the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) M7i and M7i-flex instances feature 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to provide better performance per dollar for general-purpose workloads than previous generation instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

Tests show that compared to M6i instances, new M7i instances deliver up to 40% higher transaction rates for MySQL OLTP databases and as much as 43% better performance for CPU-intensive workloads.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

According to AWS, M7i-flex instances provide up to 19% better price performance than previous M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

M7i-flex instances provide the easiest way for you to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads. They deliver up to 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances. M7i-flex instances offer the most common sizes, from large to 8xlarge, with up to 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.

Amazon Web Services
21-08-2023
memory_usage, benchmarking, cost_savings

Compared to previous Intel processor-based instances such as M4, M5, and M6i, the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) M7i and M7i-flex instances feature 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to provide better performance per dollar for general-purpose workloads than previous generation instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

This video guides when to select m7i or m7i-flex AWS EC2 instances and difference between them.

2023-06-08 00:00:00

m7i-flex is a brand-new instance type in AWS. It is based on Intel(r) 4th Gen Xeon Processors that are listed as a 'lower cost variant of M7i'. This session provides a deeper view of these instances and the tradeoffs of selecting this instance vs. a 'regular' instance.

2023-11-12 00:00:00
cost_savings

Preliminary testing shows that new M7i-flex instances offer 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

According to AWS, M7i-flex instances provide up to 19% better price performance than previous M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

The new M7i-flex instances allow you to save money while ensuring your workload has resources for unexpected load increases.

Intel
22-01-2024
cost_savings

Compared to previous Intel processor-based instances such as M4, M5, and M6i, the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) M7i and M7i-flex instances feature 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to provide better performance per dollar for general-purpose workloads than previous generation instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

M7i-flex instances provide the easiest way for you to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads. They deliver up to 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

21-08-2023
benchmarking, cost_savings

Given that the new `m7i-flex` instance type is now available and breaks the current pattern of burstable instances being in a non `m` family; how does Karpenter currently treat these instances and allow them to be filtered out? If this isn't a default pattern what plans are there to improve this?

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Tests show that compared to M6i instances, new M7i instances deliver up to 40% higher transaction rates for MySQL OLTP databases and as much as 43% better performance for CPU-intensive workloads.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

Ideal for use in web/ app servers, batch processing, enterprise resource and digital asset management, microservices, and databases

19-03-2025
microservices

Preliminary testing shows that new M7i-flex instances offer 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

According to AWS, M7i-flex instances provide up to 19% better price performance than previous M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

The new M7i-flex instances allow you to save money while ensuring your workload has resources for unexpected load increases.

Intel
22-01-2024
cost_savings

Deliver 19% better price/performance than the previous generation of Intel processors

19-03-2025
benchmarking, cost_savings

M7i-flex instances provide the easiest way for you to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads. They deliver up to 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Amazon Web Services
21-08-2023
benchmarking, cost_savings

Available in five sizes

19-03-2025

No change to your existing workloads or app infrastructure to deploy M7i-flex instances

19-03-2025

Baseline CPU usage is 40%; maximum CPU performance for 95% of the time

19-03-2025
benchmarking

Ideal for applications that do not require full-capacity computing resources

19-03-2025

AWS guarantees that M7i-flex instances will deliver full CPU performance 95% of the time, and at least 40% CPU performance in the remaining 5% of the time.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

Lower cost variant of M7i instances at 5% lower pricing

19-03-2025
cost_savings

m7i-flex is a brand-new instance type in AWS. It is based on Intel(r) 4th Gen Xeon Processors that are listed as a 'lower cost variant of M7i'. This session provides a deeper view of these instances and the tradeoffs of selecting this instance vs. a 'regular' instance.

2023-11-12 00:00:00
cost_savings

Given that the new `m7i-flex` instance type is now available and breaks the current pattern of burstable instances being in a non `m` family; how does Karpenter currently treat these instances and allow them to be filtered out? If this isn't a default pattern what plans are there to improve this?

2023-03-08 00:00:00

AWS has launched two new Amazon EC2 instances to manage the varying virtual workloads across multiple environments.

19-03-2025

Preliminary testing shows that new M7i-flex instances offer 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

Tests show that compared to M6i instances, new M7i instances deliver up to 40% higher transaction rates for MySQL OLTP databases and as much as 43% better performance for CPU-intensive workloads.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

Compared to previous Intel processor-based instances such as M4, M5, and M6i, the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) M7i and M7i-flex instances feature 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to provide better performance per dollar for general-purpose workloads than previous generation instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

M7i-flex instances provide the easiest way for you to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads. They deliver up to 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances. M7i-flex instances offer the most common sizes, from large to 8xlarge, with up to 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.

21-08-2023
memory_usage, benchmarking, cost_savings

M7i-flex instances provide the easiest way for you to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads. They deliver up to 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances. M7i-flex instances offer the most common sizes, from large to 8xlarge, with up to 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.

21-08-2023
memory_usage, benchmarking, cost_savings

Given that the new `m7i-flex` instance type is now available and breaks the current pattern of burstable instances being in a non `m` family; how does Karpenter currently treat these instances and allow them to be filtered out? If this isn't a default pattern what plans are there to improve this?

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Tests show that compared to M6i instances, new M7i instances deliver up to 40% higher transaction rates for MySQL OLTP databases and as much as 43% better performance for CPU-intensive workloads.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

Preliminary testing shows that new M7i-flex instances offer 19% better price performance compared to M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

According to AWS, M7i-flex instances provide up to 19% better price performance than previous M6i instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking, cost_savings

The new M7i-flex instances allow you to save money while ensuring your workload has resources for unexpected load increases.

Intel
22-01-2024
cost_savings

Compared to previous Intel processor-based instances such as M4, M5, and M6i, the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) M7i and M7i-flex instances feature 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to provide better performance per dollar for general-purpose workloads than previous generation instances.

Intel
22-01-2024
benchmarking

The M7 instances have a slight speed advantage even though the overall specification is the same with 2vCPU and 8GB of memory.

29-08-2024
memory_usage, benchmarking

I measured cpu performance on the M7i, M6in etc… and all of them run at about max 8% cpu usage but the fps stay at around 30. It seems like it’s throttling … Any ideas? I need to run Indian servers. And i don’t know what to do.

19-06-2024
benchmarking

The M7 instances have a slight speed advantage even though the overall specification is the same with 2vCPU and 8GB of memory.

29-08-2024
memory_usage, benchmarking
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