m6id.4xlarge on Databricks
m6id.4xlarge is a general purpose AWS worker type with 16 vCPUs and 64 GB of memory. On Databricks it uses 3.04 DBUs an hour, so 1 node on Jobs Compute in US East (N. Virginia) costs $1.41 an hour: $0.456 for the DBUs and $0.949 to AWS for the machine.
AWS · General purpose · m6id
m6id.4xlarge at a glance
- vCPUs
- 16
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Own SSD
- 950 GB
- DBUs an hour
- 3.04
- Classic compute
- With Photon
- 8.82
- DBUs an hour, Jobs Compute
- 1 node an hour
- $1.41
- Jobs Compute, US East (N. Virginia)
1 node an hour on each kind of compute
In US East (N. Virginia) on the Premium plan. Databricks charges the DBUs, AWS the machine. A cluster pays this for every worker and for the driver.
| Compute | DBUs an hour | A DBU | Databricks | Machine | An hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs Compute | 3.04 | $0.15 | $0.456 | $0.949 | $1.41 |
| Jobs Compute + Photon | 8.82 | $0.15 | $1.32 | $0.949 | $2.27 |
| All-Purpose Compute | 3.04 | $0.55 | $1.67 | $0.949 | $2.62 |
| All-Purpose Compute + Photon | 6.08 | $0.55 | $3.34 | $0.949 | $4.29 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Core | 3.04 | $0.20 | $0.608 | $0.949 | $1.56 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Core + Photon | 8.82 | $0.20 | $1.76 | $0.949 | $2.71 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Pro | 3.04 | $0.25 | $0.76 | $0.949 | $1.71 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Pro + Photon | 8.82 | $0.25 | $2.20 | $0.949 | $3.15 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Advanced | 3.04 | $0.36 | $1.09 | $0.949 | $2.04 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Advanced + Photon | 8.82 | $0.36 | $3.17 | $0.949 | $4.12 |
In each region
1 node an hour on Jobs Compute, Premium, cheapest first.
| Region | Machine | An hour |
|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) | $0.949 | $1.41 |
| US East (Ohio) | $0.949 | $1.41 |
| US West (Oregon) | $0.949 | $1.41 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $1.02 | $1.48 |
| Canada (Central) | $1.06 | $1.51 |
| Europe (Ireland) | $1.06 | $1.51 |
| Europe (London) | $1.10 | $1.56 |
| US West (N. California) | $1.12 | $1.57 |
| Europe (Frankfurt) | $1.14 | $1.60 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | $1.17 | $1.62 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) | $1.18 | $1.64 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | $1.19 | $1.65 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $1.23 | $1.68 |
| South America (São Paulo) | $1.51 | $1.97 |
Other general purpose sizes
- m6id.xlarge4 vCPUs, 16 GB, 0.76 DBUs an hour
- m6id.2xlarge8 vCPUs, 32 GB, 1.52 DBUs an hour
- m6id.4xlarge16 vCPUs, 64 GB, 3.04 DBUs an hour
- m6id.8xlarge32 vCPUs, 128 GB, 6.08 DBUs an hour
- m6id.12xlarge48 vCPUs, 192 GB, 9.12 DBUs an hour
- m6id.16xlarge64 vCPUs, 256 GB, 12.16 DBUs an hour
- m6id.24xlarge96 vCPUs, 384 GB, 18.24 DBUs an hour
- m6id.32xlarge128 vCPUs, 512 GB, 24.32 DBUs an hour
Questions
- How many DBUs does m6id.4xlarge use on Databricks?
- m6id.4xlarge uses 3.04 DBUs an hour on Databricks classic compute without Photon. With Photon it uses 8.82 DBUs an hour on Jobs Compute and 6.08 on All-Purpose Compute, as Databricks' price list gives them.
- How much does m6id.4xlarge cost an hour on Databricks?
- In US East (N. Virginia), 1 m6id.4xlarge node on Jobs Compute costs $1.41 an hour: $0.456 to Databricks for 3.04 DBUs at $0.15 each, and $0.949 to AWS for the machine. On All-Purpose Compute the same node costs $2.62 an hour, and on Lakeflow pipelines Core $1.56. A cluster pays this for every worker and for the driver.
- Does Photon cost more on m6id.4xlarge?
- Yes, by the hour: with Photon, 1 m6id.4xlarge node on Jobs Compute in US East (N. Virginia) costs $2.27 an hour instead of $1.41, because it uses 8.82 DBUs an hour instead of 3.04. It saves money only when the job finishes fast enough to make up the difference.
- Which region is cheapest for m6id.4xlarge on Databricks?
- US East (N. Virginia), at $1.41 an hour for 1 node on Jobs Compute, against $1.97 in South America (São Paulo), the dearest of the 14 regions listed here that offer it. Databricks charges the same for a DBU of Jobs Compute in every AWS region listed, so the gap is the machine. Europe (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) do not offer it.
- What is the same size as m6id.4xlarge on the other clouds?
- The nearest worker types of the same kind are Standard_D16ds_v5 on Azure and n2-standard-16 on Google Cloud. Each cloud gives its own DBUs an hour for its types, so compare what a cluster costs in the calculator, not the DBUs alone.
- What is the next size up or down from m6id.4xlarge?
- One size down is m6id.2xlarge, at 1.52 DBUs an hour; one size up is m6id.8xlarge, at 6.08. Within a family, DBUs and the machine price grow with the vCPUs, so 2 nodes of a size cost about what 1 node of twice the size costs.
Sources
Where each fact comes from
- 1Databricks: pricing calculator and instance types (the DBUs an hour of each worker type, with and without Photon)
- 2Databricks: pricing on AWS (the price of a DBU for each kind of compute and plan)
- 3AWS: Amazon EC2 on-demand pricing
- 4Databricks: compute configuration reference (the driver is the workers' type by default)
- 5Databricks: Photon
- 6AWS: m6id sizes