c8gd.xlarge vs m5.xlarge

Instance Typec8gd.xlargem5.xlarge
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.

cCompute optimized
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc8gd.12xlarge, c8gd.16xlarge, c8gd.24xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8gd.48xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gd.8xlarge, c8gd.large, c8gd.medium, c8gd.metal-24xl, c8gd.metal-48xl, c8gd.xlargem5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlarge
Generationsc6gd.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c8gd.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsc8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlargem5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.xlarge
RDSdb.m5.xlarge
OpenSearchm5.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units16
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c8gd.xlarge
m5.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.1943n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19600.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2250
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2350
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2350
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2360
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.21640.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2420
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2420
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2530
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2540
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.3060
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.22250.2040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.22250.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.22660.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.23470.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.24900.2140
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.25720.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.30410.2240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.19600.1920
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19600.1920
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1920
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