m5a.2xlarge vs g6.2xlarge

Instance Typem5a.2xlargeg6.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
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)
6 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameL4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory22.35 GiB
GPU Total Memory22.35 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory24 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargeg6.12xlarge, g6.16xlarge, g6.24xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g6.48xlarge, g6.4xlarge, g6.8xlarge, g6.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargeg6e.2xlarge, g6f.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g6.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 450 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps625 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 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 Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.98x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.2xlarge
g6.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34401.0301
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.43201.2322
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.43201.2322
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.43601.2410
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.43601.2410
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.44801.2711
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.55201.3180
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.4178
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.6617
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38401.0369
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38401.0855
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40001.1739
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.40401.1739
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40401.2004
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40401.2021
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.41601.2225
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.42401.2315
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.34400.9776
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34400.9776
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.9776
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