m5a.xlarge vs m6gd.xlarge

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

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

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlargem6gd.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlargem6a.xlarge, m6g.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m6in.xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps1188 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps148.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
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.xlarge
m6gd.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)n/a0.1208
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.11100.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17200.1808
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21600.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.21600.2096
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.21800.2106
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.21800.2112
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.22400.2112
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.27600.2117
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2120
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2216
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2218
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19200.1808
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2224
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2260
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2260
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2280
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2280
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2288
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2288
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2336
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2394
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19200.1898
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2398
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.2480
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20000.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20200.1921
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20200.1921
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20200.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.20800.2016
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21200.2016
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1720n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17200.1808
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