m4.2xlarge vs g5.2xlarge

Instance Typem4.2xlargeg5.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
2xlarge – 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
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)AMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameA10G
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsg5g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m4.2xlargeml.g5.2xlarge
RDSdb.m4.2xlarge
OpenSearchm4.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m4.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMeunsupportedrequired
Dedicated Throughput1000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1000 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput125 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8000 IOPS3500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance8000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth1000 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput125 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportunsupportedrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x3.14x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m4.2xlarge
g5.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.42001.2771
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.50401.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.51601.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.51601.5758
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.63601.6963
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.7578
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.8660
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.0602
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.44401.2855
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.44401.3457
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.46401.3530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.46801.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48001.4554
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.49201.4867
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.50001.4903
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.50001.5156
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40001.2120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40001.2120
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.40001.2120
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