m5ad.2xlarge vs g6f.2xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.2xlargeg6f.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD 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)
6 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameL4
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs0.25
GPU Memory5.59 GiB
GPU Total Memory5.59 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory6 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlargeg6f.2xlarge, g6f.4xlarge, g6f.large, g6f.xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargeg6.2xlarge, g6e.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g6f.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 200 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 Diff1.00x1.20x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.2xlarge
g6f.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.41200.5038
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.52000.8074
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.6600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46000.5274
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46000.5344
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.48000.5704
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.48400.5841
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48800.5940
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.50000.6030
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.50800.6176
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.51600.6889
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.41200.4750
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.41200.4750
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4750
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