c7gn.8xlarge vs m8azn.6xlarge

Instance Typec7gn.8xlargem8azn.6xlarge
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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
6xlarge – Size
vCPUs3224
Memory64 GiB96 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9575F
Clock Speed2.6 GHz5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc7gn.12xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7gn.large, c7gn.medium, c7gn.metal, c7gn.xlargem8azn.12xlarge, m8azn.24xlarge, m8azn.3xlarge, m8azn.6xlarge, m8azn.large, m8azn.medium, m8azn.metal-12xl, m8azn.metal-24xl, m8azn.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.8xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge
Variantsc7a.8xlarge, c7g.8xlarge, c7gd.8xlarge, c7i-flex.8xlarge, c7i.8xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c7gn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps15360 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth16667 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2083.375 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance66667 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c7gn.8xlarge
m8azn.6xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.25602.7616
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.36802.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.51843.2003
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.99682.4775
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.99682.4775
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.99682.4775
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