c6a.4xlarge vs m8gd.4xlarge

Instance Typec6a.4xlargem8gd.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

cCompute optimized
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargem8gd.12xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gd.24xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gd.48xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gd.large, m8gd.medium, m8gd.metal-24xl, m8gd.metal-48xl, m8gd.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargem6gd.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge
Variantsc6g.4xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6in.4xlargem8a.4xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlarge
RDSdb.m8gd.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.59x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c6a.4xlarge
m8gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.3740n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61200.9786
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.7776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.7992n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.9432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.61201.0288
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.65661.0288
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.66961.0288
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.69841.0696
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70561.1104
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.72721.1594
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.76321.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.77041.4696
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.9226
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61200.9226
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.9226
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