m6gd.12xlarge vs m5ad.12xlarge

Instance Typem6gd.12xlargem5ad.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6gd.12xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6gd.large, m6gd.medium, m6gd.metal, m6gd.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.12xlarge, m7gd.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m9gd.12xlarge
Variantsm6a.12xlarge, m6g.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m6in.12xlargem5.12xlarge, m5a.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5dn.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5zn.12xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.12xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1425 NVMe SSD2 x 900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13500 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth14250 Mbps6780 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1781.25 Mbps847.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance50000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance50000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth14250 Mbps6780 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1781.25 Mbps847.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit10 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 Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6gd.12xlarge
m5ad.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.4496n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.44961.6100
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.16962.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.41923.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.51523.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.52723.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.53443.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.5344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.5402n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)2.5440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)2.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)2.6592n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)2.6611n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.16962.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)2.6688n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)2.7120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)2.7120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)2.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)2.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)2.7456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)2.7456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)2.8032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)2.8080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)2.8728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.27812.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)2.8776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)2.8800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)2.9760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)3.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.30402.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.30502.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.30502.9280
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.41923.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.41923.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.41923.0960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.4720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.16962.4720
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