m9g.2xlarge vs c8gb.2xlarge

Instance Typem9g.2xlargec8gb.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9g.12xlarge, m9g.16xlarge, m9g.24xlarge, m9g.2xlarge, m9g.48xlarge, m9g.4xlarge, m9g.8xlarge, m9g.large, m9g.medium, m9g.metal-48xl, m9g.xlargec8gb.12xlarge, c8gb.16xlarge, c8gb.24xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gb.48xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gb.8xlarge, c8gb.large, c8gb.medium, c8gb.metal-24xl, c8gb.metal-48xl, c8gb.xlarge
Generationsm6g.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m9g.2xlarge
Variantsm9gd.2xlargec8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
RDSdb.m9g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps12500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps1562.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17000 MegabitUp to 33.333 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 Diff1.00x1.15x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m9g.2xlarge
c8gb.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.4689n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.3914n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.39140.4740
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.39140.4740
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