m8gb.16xlarge vs g5.16xlarge

Instance Typem8gb.16xlargeg5.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
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 Graviton4 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.8 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
Sizesm8gb.12xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gb.48xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gb.large, m8gb.medium, m8gb.metal-24xl, m8gb.metal-48xl, m8gb.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsg3.16xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g6.16xlarge
Variantsm8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargeg5g.16xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput100000 MBps16000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth100000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput12500 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance480000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance480000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth100000 Mbps16000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput12500 Mbps2000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance133.333 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces168
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m8gb.16xlarge
g5.16xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)5.2038n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a4.3159
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a5.1994
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a5.1994
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a5.3256
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a5.7328
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a5.9404
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a6.3061
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a6.9624
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a4.3444
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a4.5479
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a4.5724
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a4.8010
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.9185
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a5.0243
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a5.0365
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a5.1220
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.0960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.65604.0960
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.65604.0960
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