c6gn.large vs m4.large

Instance Typec6gn.largem4.large
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
large – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory4 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.4 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.xlargem4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.large, c7gn.large, c8gn.largem1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsc6a.large, c6g.large, c6gd.large, c6i.large, c6id.large, c6in.large
SageMakerml.c6gn.large
RDSdb.m4.large
OpenSearchm4.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units6.5
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 9500 MBps450 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1235 Mbps450 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput154.375 Mbps56.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance5000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps450 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps56.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces32
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gn.large
m4.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.0842n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)0.0842n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08640.1050
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.09810.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.09860.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.09900.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.09920.1590
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1025n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08640.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1092n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1130n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1145n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1187n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08650.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09070.1160
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09300.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09460.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.09460.1230
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.09750.1250
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.09760.1250
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08640.1000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1000
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