m5ad.2xlarge vs g7.2xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.2xlargeg7.2xlarge
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)
7 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed2.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameRTX PRO 4500
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory32 GiB
GPU Total Memory32 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlargeg7.12xlarge, g7.24xlarge, g7.2xlarge, g7.48xlarge, g7.4xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Generationsg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g7.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1x440 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 8000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps4000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS32000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps8000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1000 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 60 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1564
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1564
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x5.34x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.2xlarge
g7.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.41202.6460
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.6600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.4600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.4600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.4840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.4880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.5000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.5080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5160n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.41202.5200
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.41202.5200
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.5200
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