a1.2xlarge vs m6gd.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargem6gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargem6gd.12xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6gd.large, m6gd.medium, m6gd.metal, m6gd.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge
Variantsm6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 475 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.86x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
m6gd.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.2416
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.20400.2416
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.3616
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4212
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4224
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4224
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.4234
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4432
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.4435
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.3616
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.4448
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.4576
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.4576
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.4672
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.4680
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.4788
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23280.3797
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.4796
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.5760
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23520.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25680.3842
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26640.3842
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4032
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4032
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2040n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.3616
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