m9gd.xlarge vs im4gn.xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.xlargeim4gn.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlarge
Variantsm9g.xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 1875 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput187.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS10000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.42x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m9gd.xlarge
im4gn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.28040.4011
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4361
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4361
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30260.4011
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.31370.4011
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.31590.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.32480.4220
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4221
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4221
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4268
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4338
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.25140.3638
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.25140.3638
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.25140.3638
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