m5a.4xlarge vs m6gd.4xlarge

Instance Typem5a.4xlargem6gd.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargem6gd.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlargem6a.4xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6in.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.4xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBps4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 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
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.4xlarge
m6gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.4832
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.44400.4832
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68800.7232
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.86400.8064
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.86400.8384
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.87200.8424
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.87200.8448
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.89600.8448
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.10400.8467
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.8864
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.8870
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.76800.7232
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.8896
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.9120
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.9344
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.9576
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.76800.7594
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.9592
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a1.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.80000.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.80800.7683
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80800.7683
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80800.8064
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.83200.8064
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.84800.8064
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.6880n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68800.7232
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