m8gd.xlarge vs c8gn.xlarge

Instance Typem8gd.xlargec8gn.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gd.12xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gd.24xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gd.48xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gd.large, m8gd.medium, m8gd.metal-24xl, m8gd.metal-48xl, m8gd.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
Generationsm6gd.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlargec6gn.xlarge, c7gn.xlarge, c8gn.xlarge
Variantsm8a.xlarge, m8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gb.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8i.xlarge, m8ib.xlarge, m8id.xlarge, m8idb.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge, m8in.xlarge, m8ine.xlargec8a.xlarge, c8g.xlarge, c8gb.xlarge, c8gd.xlarge, c8i-flex.xlarge, c8i.xlarge, c8ib.xlarge, c8id.xlarge, c8in.xlarge, c8ine.xlarge
RDSdb.m8gd.xlarge
ElastiCachecache.c8gn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 40 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8gd.xlarge
c8gn.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.2368
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)n/a0.2313
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1534n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Thailand) (ap-southeast-7)n/a0.2313
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.23060.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.28980.2677
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.28980.2699
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.29200.2721
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.29200.2721
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.29800.2809
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.36740.2809
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2831
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2853
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2853
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2943
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.24220.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2962
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2974
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2984
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.3093
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.3094
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.3138
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.3186
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.3643
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.24460.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25720.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25720.2546
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.25720.2590
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.26740.2590
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.26940.2675
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.27760.2677
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.2306n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.2306n/a
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