m5a.16xlarge vs g4dn.16xlarge

Instance Typem5a.16xlargeg4dn.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

g – GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
4 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameT4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargeg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlarge
Variantsm5.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlargeg4ad.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g4dn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces154
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.67x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.16xlarge
g4dn.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7780n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.75204.6170
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45605.3530
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45605.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.48805.4860
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.48805.4860
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.58405.6590
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.41605.7740
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a5.8750
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a5.8750
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a6.0890
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a6.7020
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.07204.7910
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a7.3970
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.07204.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.20004.8530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.23205.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.23205.0920
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.23205.0950
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.32805.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.39205.3380
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.75204.3520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.75204.3520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.3520
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