m8a.2xlarge vs g7.2xlarge

Instance Typem8a.2xlargeg7.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – 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)
7 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameRTX PRO 4500
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory32 GiB
GPU Total Memory32 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory32 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlargeg7.12xlarge, g7.24xlarge, g7.2xlarge, g7.48xlarge, g7.4xlarge, g7.8xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlargeg2.2xlarge, g5.2xlarge, g6.2xlarge, g7.2xlarge
Variantsm8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlargeg7e.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g7.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1x440 GB NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 8000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps4000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS32000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps8000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1000 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 60 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x4.73x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m8a.2xlarge
g7.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.51222.6460
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.5122n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.5426n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.5426n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5832n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.6289n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.48692.5200
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.48692.5200
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.48692.5200
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