m5a.large vs m7gd.large

Instance Typem5a.largem7gd.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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.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.largem7a.large, m7g.large, m7i-flex.large, m7i.large
SageMakerml.m7gd.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 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps630 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps78.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
m7gd.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.05600.0710
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08600.1068
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.10800.1257
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.10800.1285
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.10900.1310
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.10900.1314
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.11200.1332
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.13800.1342
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.1380
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.1409
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.1701
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09600.1121
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09600.1133
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10000.1133
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10100.1134
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10100.1191
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10100.1191
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10400.1242
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10600.1247
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08600.1068
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08600.1068
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