m5a.large vs m6gd.large

Instance Typem5a.largem6gd.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.largem6gd.large, m7gd.large, m8gd.large, m9gd.large
Variantsm5.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.largem6a.large, m6g.large, m6i.large, m6id.large, m6idn.large, m6in.large
SageMakerml.m6gd.large
RDSdb.m6gd.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
m6gd.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.0604
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.05600.0604
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08600.0904
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.10800.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.10800.1048
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.10900.1053
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.10900.1056
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.11200.1056
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.13800.1058
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1060
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1090
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1108
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.1109
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09600.0904
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.1112
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.1130
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.1130
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.1140
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.1140
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.1144
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.1144
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.1197
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09600.0949
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1199
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.1240
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10000.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10100.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10100.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10100.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10400.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10600.1008
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.0860n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08600.0904
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