c6gd.4xlarge vs m5ad.4xlarge

Instance Typec6gd.4xlargem5ad.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.

c – Compute optimized
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.2 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.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsc6gd.4xlarge, c7gd.4xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge
Variantsc6a.4xlarge, c6g.4xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6i.4xlarge, c6id.4xlarge, c6in.4xlargem5.4xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.c6gd.4xlarge
RDSdb.c6gd.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSD2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput4500 MBps2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps360 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 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 Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.33x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gd.4xlarge
m5ad.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.39200.5370
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61440.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.73601.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.73601.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.74241.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.74241.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.7832n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.7840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.7840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.8320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.66560.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.9520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67840.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.69760.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.69760.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.70400.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.71201.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.72001.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.72001.0320
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.61440.8240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61440.8240
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