m5a.2xlarge vs c9gd.2xlarge

Instance Typem5a.2xlargec9gd.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD 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
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargec9gd.12xlarge, c9gd.16xlarge, c9gd.24xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge, c9gd.48xlarge, c9gd.4xlarge, c9gd.8xlarge, c9gd.large, c9gd.medium, c9gd.metal-48xl, c9gd.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlargec6gd.2xlarge, c7gd.2xlarge, c8gd.2xlarge, c9gd.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargec9g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps3000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 17 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.11x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.2xlarge
c9gd.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34400.4940
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.3840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.4000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.4040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.34400.4272
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34400.4272
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4272
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