m5.4xlarge vs x8g.4xlarge

Instance Typem5.4xlargex8g.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsm2.4xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge
Variantsm5a.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlargex8i.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.4xlarge
RDSdb.m5.4xlarge
OpenSearchm5.4xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units70
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance18750 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.93x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5.4xlarge
x8g.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80801.7797
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.8990n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.9200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.9420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.9420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.9440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.9600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.9600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.9600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.80801.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.9600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.9920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.9920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.0120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.0160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.0560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.81601.8758
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.85602.1848
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.8560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.8560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.8560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.8880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.8960n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.76801.5632
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.76801.5632
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.76801.5632
Activate subscription to see all regions and unlock awesome features  
Select your cookie preferences
We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your experience, provide our services, and make improvements. Approved third parties also use these tools to certain site features. More details available here Cookie Policy