m5a.4xlarge vs m7gd.4xlarge

Instance Typem5a.4xlargem7gd.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargem6gd.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlargem7a.4xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m7gd.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2880 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput360 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15 Gigabit
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 Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.22x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.4xlarge
m7gd.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.44400.5680
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68800.8543
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.86401.0055
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.86401.0282
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.87201.0478
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.87201.0509
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.89601.0660
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.10401.0735
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.1038
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.1272
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.3608
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.76800.8970
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.76800.9061
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.80000.9061
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.80800.9072
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80800.9526
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80800.9526
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.83200.9934
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.84800.9979
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.68800.8543
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68800.8543
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