m5dn.metal vs g4dn.metal

Instance Typem5dn.metalg4dn.metal
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
metal – Bare metal
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
metal – Bare metal
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameT4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs8
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory128 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory128 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlargeg4dn.12xlarge, g4dn.16xlarge, g4dn.2xlarge, g4dn.4xlarge, g4dn.8xlarge, g4dn.metal, g4dn.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.metal, m6idn.metal
Variantsm5.metal, m5d.metal, m5n.metal, m5zn.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput14000 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.28x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m5dn.metal
g4dn.metal
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)7.29608.3000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a9.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a9.7800
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a9.8620
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a10.1740
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a10.3810
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a10.5620
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a10.5620
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a10.9480
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a12.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a13.2980
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)7.77608.6120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)8.01608.6870
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)8.20808.7240
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)8.20809.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)8.40009.1540
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a9.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a9.3890
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a9.5960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)6.52807.8240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)6.52807.8240
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)6.52807.8240
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