m5a.12xlarge vs m7gd.12xlarge

Instance Typem5a.12xlargem7gd.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.6 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.xlargem7gd.12xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7gd.large, m7gd.medium, m7gd.metal, m7gd.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.12xlargem7a.12xlarge, m7g.12xlarge, m7i-flex.12xlarge, m7i.12xlarge
SageMakerml.m7gd.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6780 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput847.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6780 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput847.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit22500 Megabit
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 Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
m5a.12xlarge
m7gd.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.33301.7040
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.06402.5628
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.59203.0164
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.59203.0845
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.61603.1435
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.61603.1526
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.68803.1979
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.31203.2206
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.3113
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.3816
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a4.0824
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.30402.6909
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.30402.7182
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.40002.7182
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.42402.7216
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.42402.8577
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.42402.8577
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.49602.9803
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.54402.9938
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.06402.5628
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.06402.5628
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