c6gn.metal vs g5g.metal

Instance Typec6gn.metalg5g.metal
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGPU instance
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
metal – Bare metal
Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
5 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs6464
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturen/aarm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core01
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameT4g
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs2
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory32 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6gn.12xlarge, c6gn.16xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6gn.4xlarge, c6gn.8xlarge, c6gn.large, c6gn.medium, c6gn.metal, c6gn.xlargeg5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.metal, c7gn.metal
Variantsc6a.metal, c6g.metal, c6gd.metal, c6i.metal, c6id.metal, c6in.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughput38000 MBps19000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces15
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Addresses per Interface50
IPv6 Supportnoyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.06x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6gn.metal
g5g.metal
CanadaCanada (Central) (ca-central-1)3.0272n/a
EuropeEurope (Paris) (eu-west-3)3.2800n/a
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)n/a3.0622
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a3.3752
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a3.4326
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a3.7039
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a3.8395
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a3.8395
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a2.7440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.7440
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