m5a.12xlarge vs m6gd.12xlarge

Instance Typem5a.12xlargem6gd.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargem6gd.12xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6gd.large, m6gd.medium, m6gd.metal, m6gd.xlarge
Generationsm5a.12xlarge, m6a.12xlarge, m7a.12xlarge, m8a.12xlargem6gd.12xlarge, m7gd.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m9gd.12xlarge
Variantsm5.12xlarge, m5ad.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5dn.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5zn.12xlargem6a.12xlarge, m6g.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m6in.12xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.12xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps13500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6780 Mbps14250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput847.5 Mbps1781.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS50000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS50000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6780 Mbps14250 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput847.5 Mbps1781.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.12xlarge
m6gd.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a1.4496
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.33301.4496
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.06402.1696
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.59202.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.59202.5152
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.61602.5272
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.61602.5344
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.68802.5344
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.31202.5402
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.6592
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.6611
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.30402.1696
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.6688
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.7360
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a2.7456
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a2.7456
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a2.8032
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a2.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a2.8728
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.30402.2781
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a2.8776
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a2.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a2.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a3.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.40002.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.42402.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.42402.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.42402.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.49602.4192
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.54402.4192
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.0640n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.06402.1696
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