g5g.2xlarge vs m6idn.2xlarge

Instance Typeg5g.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGPU instanceGeneral purpose
DetailsMachine 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
6 – Generation
i – Intel processor
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorIntel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUyesno
GPU NameT4g
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesg5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlargem6idn.12xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6idn.32xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6idn.large, m6idn.metal, m6idn.xlarge
Generationsm6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsg5.2xlargem6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6idn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 474 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 25000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps6250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS25000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS100000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps25000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps3125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
g5g.2xlarge
m6idn.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)0.6205n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68390.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.7816
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8003
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8050
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8190
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8262
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69550.6786
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.75050.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77800.6967
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.7114
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.7239
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.7338
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.7582
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.7722
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6365
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.55600.6365
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.55600.6365
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