m9gd.2xlarge vs c7gn.2xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.2xlargec7gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlargec7gn.12xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7gn.large, c7gn.medium, c7gn.metal, c7gn.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m9gd.2xlargec6gn.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge
Variantsm9g.2xlargec7a.2xlarge, c7g.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c7i-flex.2xlarge, c7i.2xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c7gn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps4167 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps520.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS16667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m9gd.2xlarge
c7gn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60520.5640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.6296
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.50280.4992
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.50280.4992
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.50280.4992
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