m6g.16xlarge vs g5.16xlarge

Instance Typem6g.16xlargeg5.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton 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)
5 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameA10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6g.12xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6g.large, m6g.medium, m6g.metal, m6g.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsm6g.16xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m9g.16xlargeg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlarge
Variantsm6a.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargeg5g.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6g.16xlargeml.g5.16xlarge
RDSdb.m6g.16xlarge
ElastiCachecache.m6g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps16000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps2000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces158
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.76x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6g.16xlarge
g5.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.6192n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.6192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.46404.3159
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.75205.1994
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.84165.1994
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.85125.3256
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.86725.7328
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.86725.9404
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.88006.3061
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.88966.9624
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.9440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.0080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.0080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.46404.3444
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.0272n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.0976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.0976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.1680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.1744n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.58754.5479
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)3.2384n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)3.2512n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)3.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)3.9168n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.61124.5724
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.61124.8010
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.62404.9185
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.73925.0243
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.73925.0365
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.75205.1220
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.0960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.46404.0960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.0960
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