m8gb.2xlarge vs g5g.2xlarge

Instance Typem8gb.2xlargeg5g.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – 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
g – AWS Graviton processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameT4g
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory16 GiB
GPU Total Memory16 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gb.12xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gb.48xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gb.large, m8gb.medium, m8gb.metal-24xl, m8gb.metal-48xl, m8gb.xlargeg5g.16xlarge, g5g.2xlarge, g5g.4xlarge, g5g.8xlarge, g5g.metal, g5g.xlarge
Variantsm8a.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlargeg5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12500 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1562.5 Mbps296.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 33.333 GigabitUp 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 Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m8gb.2xlarge
g5g.2xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.6505n/a
EuropeEurope (Spain) (eu-south-2)n/a0.6205
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.6839
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.6955
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.7505
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.7780
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.58200.5560
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.58200.5560
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