m5dn.2xlarge vs g5.2xlarge
| m5dn.2xlarge | g5.2xlarge |
| General purpose | GPU instance |
| Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 5 – Generation d – Instance store volume n – Network and EBS optimized 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 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 32 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) | AMD EPYC 7R32 |
| 3.1 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| 2 | 2 |
| no | yes |
| A10G | |
| NVIDIA | |
| 1 | |
| 22.35 GiB | |
| 22.35 GiB | |
| no | no |
| 24 GiB | |
| no | no |
| m5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge | g5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge |
| m5dn.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge | g2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge |
| m5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge | g5g.2xlarge |
| ml.g5.2xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1 x 300 NVMe SSD | 1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 3500 MBps | up to 3500 MBps |
| 2300 Mbps | 850 Mbps |
| 287.5 Mbps | 106.25 Mbps |
| 12000 IOPS | 3500 IOPS |
| 18750 IOPS | 15000 IOPS |
| 4750 Mbps | 3500 Mbps |
| 593.75 Mbps | 437.5 Mbps |
| Up to 25 Gigabit | Up to 10 Gigabit |
| no | yes |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 15 | 15 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.40x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m5dn.2xlarge | g5.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.6080 | 1.2855 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 1.5758 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 1.6963 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 1.7578 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 1.8660 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | n/a | 2.0602 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.6480 | 1.3457 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.6680 | 1.3530 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.6840 | 1.4206 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.6840 | 1.4554 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.7000 | 1.4867 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 1.4903 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 1.5156 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 1.5385 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.5440 | 1.2120 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.5440 | 1.2120 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | 0.5440 | 1.2120 |