m6g.4xlarge vs c5ad.4xlarge

Instance Typem6g.4xlargec5ad.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
4xlarge – Size
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6g.12xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6g.large, m6g.medium, m6g.metal, m6g.xlargec5ad.12xlarge, c5ad.16xlarge, c5ad.24xlarge, c5ad.2xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5ad.8xlarge, c5ad.large, c5ad.xlarge
Generationsm6g.4xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m9g.4xlarge
Variantsm6a.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6in.4xlargec5.4xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m6g.4xlarge
RDSdb.m6g.4xlarge
OpenSearchm6g.4xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m6g.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput4500 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS6600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.15x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6g.4xlarge
c5ad.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4048n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61600.7840
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.6880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.7104n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.7128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.7168n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.7168n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.7200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.7224n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.7520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.7520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.61600.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.7568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.7744n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.7744n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.7936n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.8064n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.64690.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.8096n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.8128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.9792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.65280.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.65280.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.65600.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.68480.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.68481.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.6880n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6880
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61600.6880
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.6880
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