m5a.16xlarge vs m6gd.16xlarge

Instance Typem5a.16xlargem6gd.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 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.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem6gd.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge
Variantsm5.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlargem6a.16xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.16xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps18000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
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
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.16xlarge
m6gd.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a1.9328
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.77801.9328
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.75202.8928
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45603.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45603.3536
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.48803.3696
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.48803.3792
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.58403.3792
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.41603.3869
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.5456
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.5482
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.07202.8928
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a3.5584
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a3.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a3.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a3.6608
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a3.6608
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a3.7376
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a3.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a3.8304
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.07203.0374
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a3.8368
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a3.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a3.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a4.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.20003.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.23203.0733
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.23203.0733
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.23203.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.32803.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.39203.2256
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.7520n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.75202.8928
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