c6gn.2xlarge vs m5d.2xlarge

Instance Typec6gn.2xlargem5d.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
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6gn.12xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6gn.large, c6gn.medium, c6gn.metal, c6gn.xlargem5d.12xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5d.large, m5d.metal, m5d.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlargem5d.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge
Variantsc6a.2xlarge, c6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.c6gn.2xlargeml.m5d.2xlarge
RDSdb.m5d.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units37
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 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 Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gn.2xlarge
m5d.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.3366n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.3366n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34560.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.39240.5280
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.39440.5290
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.39600.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.39680.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.40990.5540
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.41000.5540
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.41000.5560
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.41280.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.41600.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.41600.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.34560.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.42880.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.43200.5720
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.43600.5720
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.43690.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.45200.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.45800.5980
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.47460.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.53200.6200
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.7200
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.34600.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.36290.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.37200.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.37840.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.37840.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.39000.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.39040.5280
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34560.4520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4520
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