m5a.8xlarge vs m6gd.8xlarge

Instance Typem5a.8xlargem6gd.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem6gd.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlargem6a.8xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.8xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps9000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit12 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.8xlarge
m6gd.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.9664
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.88900.9664
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.37601.4464
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.72801.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.72801.6768
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.74401.6848
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.74401.6896
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.79201.6896
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.20801.6934
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.6960
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.7728
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.7741
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.53601.4464
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.7792
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.8304
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.8304
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.8688
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a1.9152
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.53601.5187
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a1.9184
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a1.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a1.9840
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a2.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.60001.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.61601.5366
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.61601.5366
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.61601.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.66401.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.69601.6128
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.3760n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.37601.4464
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