m9gd.2xlarge vs g5.2xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.2xlargeg5.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.3 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
Sizesm9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m9gd.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsm9g.2xlargeg5g.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSD1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps106.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS3500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.82x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m9gd.2xlarge
g5.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60521.2771
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.5385
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.5758
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.6963
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.7578
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.8660
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.0602
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.2855
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.3457
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.3530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.4206
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.4554
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.4867
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.4903
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.5156
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.50281.2120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.50281.2120
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.50281.2120
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