m5a.large vs c7gn.large

Instance Typem5a.largec7gn.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargec7gn.12xlarge, c7gn.16xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c7gn.4xlarge, c7gn.8xlarge, c7gn.large, c7gn.medium, c7gn.metal, c7gn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.largec6gn.large, c7gn.large, c8gn.large
Variantsm5.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.largec7a.large, c7g.large, c7gd.large, c7i-flex.large, c7i.large
ElastiCachecache.c7gn.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps1042 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps130.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS4167 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.34x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.large
c7gn.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08600.1410
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1380n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09600.1574
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.0960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.1000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.1010n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1010n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1010n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1060n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08600.1248
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08600.1248
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1248
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