c8gd.xlarge vs m5ad.xlarge

Instance Typec8gd.xlargem5ad.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
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.2 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.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsc6gd.xlarge, c7gd.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge
Variantsc8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 150 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1085 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps135.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps360 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 Diff1.00x1.06x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c8gd.xlarge
m5ad.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)0.1943n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.19600.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.2620
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.3300
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.21640.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.22250.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.22250.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.22660.2420
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.23470.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.24900.2500
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.25720.2540
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.30410.2580
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.19600.2060
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19600.2060
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