a1.2xlarge vs m7gd.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargem7gd.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargem7gd.12xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7gd.large, m7gd.medium, m7gd.metal, m7gd.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge
Variantsm7a.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m7i-flex.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m7gd.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 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
m7gd.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.20400.2840
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.4271
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4990
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.5027
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.5141
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.5239
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.5254
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.5330
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.5368
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.5519
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.5636
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.6804
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.4485
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23280.4530
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23520.4530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25680.4536
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26640.4763
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4763
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4952
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4967
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20400.4271
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.4271
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