c6gd.2xlarge vs m5a.2xlarge

Instance Typec6gd.2xlargem5a.2xlarge
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.

c – Compute optimized
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6gd.12xlarge, c6gd.16xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gd.4xlarge, c6gd.8xlarge, c6gd.large, c6gd.medium, c6gd.metal, c6gd.xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge
Generationsc6gd.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c9gd.2xlargem5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6gd.2xlarge
RDSdb.c6gd.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps360 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 Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gd.2xlarge
m5a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.19600.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30720.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.36800.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.36800.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.37120.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.37120.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.38400.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.39160.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.33280.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.33920.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34880.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34880.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35200.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.35600.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.36000.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36000.4240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.30720.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30720.3440
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