m8a.2xlarge vs g7e.2xlarge

Instance Typem8a.2xlargeg7e.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
e – Extra storage or memory
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)
Clock Speed4.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnoyes
GPU NameRTX PRO Server 6000
GPU ManufacturerNVIDIA
GPUs1
GPU Memory96 GiB
GPU Total Memory96 GiB
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory96 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.xlargeg7e.12xlarge, g7e.24xlarge, g7e.2xlarge, g7e.48xlarge, g7e.4xlarge, g7e.8xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlargeg6e.2xlarge, g7e.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.2xlargeg7.2xlarge
SageMakerml.g7e.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps625 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 Megabit50 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 Diff1.00x8.26x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m8a.2xlarge
g7e.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.51223.5438
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.51224.1348
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.54264.8516
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.54264.8775
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.58325.4930
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.61365.7192
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.62895.8453
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.48693.3631
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.48693.3631
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.48693.3631
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