m5ad.2xlarge vs c8gn.2xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.2xlargec8gn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
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
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlargec8gn.12xlarge, c8gn.16xlarge, c8gn.24xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge, c8gn.48xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8gn.8xlarge, c8gn.large, c8gn.medium, c8gn.metal-24xl, c8gn.metal-48xl, c8gn.xlarge
Generationsc6gn.2xlarge, c7gn.2xlarge, c8gn.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargec8a.2xlarge, c8g.2xlarge, c8gb.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c8i-flex.2xlarge, c8i.2xlarge, c8ib.2xlarge, c8id.2xlarge, c8in.2xlarge, c8ine.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.15x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5ad.2xlarge
c8gn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.4736
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.4626
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2680n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.4626
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.41200.4740
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.52000.5354
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.52400.5398
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.53600.5442
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.66000.5442
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.5618
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.5662
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.5706
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.5706
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.5886
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.5925
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46000.4740
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.5948
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.5969
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.6186
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.6189
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.6276
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.6373
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.7286
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46000.4740
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.48000.4740
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.48400.5091
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48800.5179
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.50000.5179
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.50800.5350
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.51600.5354
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.4120n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.4120n/a
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