m5n.2xlarge vs c7gn.2xlarge

Instance Typem5n.2xlargec7gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
High-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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlargec7gn.12xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7gn.large, c7gn.medium, c7gn.metal, c7gn.xlarge
Generationsm5n.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge, m8in.2xlargec6gn.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargec7a.2xlarge, c7g.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c7gn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps4167 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps520.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS16667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 25 GigabitUp to 50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m5n.2xlarge
c7gn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.53200.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.56400.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.58400.6296
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.5960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.47600.4992
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.47600.4992
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.47600.4992
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