m6id.8xlarge on Databricks
m6id.8xlarge is a general purpose AWS worker type with 32 vCPUs and 128 GB of memory. On Databricks it uses 6.08 DBUs an hour, so 1 node on Jobs Compute in US East (N. Virginia) costs $2.81 an hour: $0.912 for the DBUs and $1.90 to AWS for the machine.
AWS · General purpose · m6id
m6id.8xlarge at a glance
- vCPUs
- 32
- Memory
- 128 GB
- Own SSD
- 1,900 GB
- DBUs an hour
- 6.08
- Classic compute
- With Photon
- 17.63
- DBUs an hour, Jobs Compute
- 1 node an hour
- $2.81
- 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 | 6.08 | $0.15 | $0.912 | $1.90 | $2.81 |
| Jobs Compute + Photon | 17.63 | $0.15 | $2.64 | $1.90 | $4.54 |
| All-Purpose Compute | 6.08 | $0.55 | $3.34 | $1.90 | $5.24 |
| All-Purpose Compute + Photon | 12.16 | $0.55 | $6.69 | $1.90 | $8.59 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Core | 6.08 | $0.20 | $1.22 | $1.90 | $3.11 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Core + Photon | 17.63 | $0.20 | $3.53 | $1.90 | $5.42 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Pro | 6.08 | $0.25 | $1.52 | $1.90 | $3.42 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Pro + Photon | 17.63 | $0.25 | $4.41 | $1.90 | $6.31 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Advanced | 6.08 | $0.36 | $2.19 | $1.90 | $4.09 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Advanced + Photon | 17.63 | $0.36 | $6.35 | $1.90 | $8.25 |
In each region
1 node an hour on Jobs Compute, Premium, cheapest first.
| Region | Machine | An hour |
|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) | $1.90 | $2.81 |
| US East (Ohio) | $1.90 | $2.81 |
| US West (Oregon) | $1.90 | $2.81 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $2.05 | $2.96 |
| Canada (Central) | $2.12 | $3.03 |
| Europe (Ireland) | $2.12 | $3.03 |
| Europe (London) | $2.20 | $3.11 |
| US West (N. California) | $2.23 | $3.15 |
| Europe (Frankfurt) | $2.28 | $3.20 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | $2.34 | $3.25 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) | $2.37 | $3.28 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | $2.39 | $3.30 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $2.45 | $3.36 |
| South America (São Paulo) | $3.02 | $3.94 |
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.8xlarge use on Databricks?
- m6id.8xlarge uses 6.08 DBUs an hour on Databricks classic compute without Photon. With Photon it uses 17.63 DBUs an hour on Jobs Compute and 12.16 on All-Purpose Compute, as Databricks' price list gives them.
- How much does m6id.8xlarge cost an hour on Databricks?
- In US East (N. Virginia), 1 m6id.8xlarge node on Jobs Compute costs $2.81 an hour: $0.912 to Databricks for 6.08 DBUs at $0.15 each, and $1.90 to AWS for the machine. On All-Purpose Compute the same node costs $5.24 an hour, and on Lakeflow pipelines Core $3.11. A cluster pays this for every worker and for the driver.
- Does Photon cost more on m6id.8xlarge?
- Yes, by the hour: with Photon, 1 m6id.8xlarge node on Jobs Compute in US East (N. Virginia) costs $4.54 an hour instead of $2.81, because it uses 17.63 DBUs an hour instead of 6.08. It saves money only when the job finishes fast enough to make up the difference.
- Which region is cheapest for m6id.8xlarge on Databricks?
- US East (N. Virginia), at $2.81 an hour for 1 node on Jobs Compute, against $3.94 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.8xlarge on the other clouds?
- The nearest worker types of the same kind are Standard_D32ds_v5 on Azure and n2-standard-32 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.8xlarge?
- One size down is m6id.4xlarge, at 3.04 DBUs an hour; one size up is m6id.12xlarge, at 9.12. 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