m5a.24xlarge vs m8gn.24xlarge

Instance Typem5a.24xlargem8gn.24xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
24xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 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.xlargem8gn.12xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8gn.24xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8gn.48xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8gn.large, m8gn.medium, m8gn.metal-24xl, m8gn.metal-48xl, m8gn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.24xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m8a.24xlarge
Variantsm5.24xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5n.24xlargem8a.24xlarge, m8azn.24xlarge, m8g.24xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gd.24xlarge, m8i.24xlarge, m8ib.24xlarge, m8id.24xlarge, m8idb.24xlarge, m8idn.24xlarge, m8in.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps60000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13750 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1718.75 Mbps7500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS240000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13750 Mbps60000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1718.75 Mbps7500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit300 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1524
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.51x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.24xlarge
m8gn.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.6660n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a7.8058
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.1280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.2320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.2320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)5.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)6.6240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.9920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)5.0880n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.1280n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.12806.9840
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a6.9840
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