m8gd.xlarge vs g5.xlarge

Instance Typem8gd.xlargeg5.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
Machine Learning (ML), 3D visualizations, graphics-heavy remote workstations, 3D rendering, application streaming, video encoding, and server-side graphics tasks.

gGPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
5 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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
Sizesm8gd.12xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gd.24xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gd.48xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gd.large, m8gd.medium, m8gd.metal-24xl, m8gd.metal-48xl, m8gd.xlargeg5.12xlarge, g5.16xlarge, g5.24xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g5.48xlarge, g5.4xlarge, g5.8xlarge, g5.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlargeg5.xlarge, g6.xlarge
Variantsm8a.xlarge, m8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gb.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8i.xlarge, m8ib.xlarge, m8id.xlarge, m8idb.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge, m8in.xlarge, m8ine.xlargeg5g.xlarge
SageMakerml.g5.xlarge
RDSdb.m8gd.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 250 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10240 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps87.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS3000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS15000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps437.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.65x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m8gd.xlarge
g5.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.24461.0670
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.3080
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.4080
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.4590
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.5488
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.7100
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.25721.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.25721.1230
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.25721.1792
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.26741.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.27761.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.28981.2370
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.29801.2580
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36741.2770
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.23061.0060
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.23061.0060
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.23061.0060
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