m7g.16xlarge vs m5ad.16xlarge

Instance Typem7g.16xlargem5ad.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7g.12xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m7g.large, m7g.medium, m7g.metal, m7g.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsm6g.16xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m9g.16xlarge
Variantsm7a.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m7g.16xlarge
RDSdb.m7g.16xlarge
OpenSearchm7g.16xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m7g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance30 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m7g.16xlarge
m5ad.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.8662n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.86622.1470
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.61123.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.01954.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.03554.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.04644.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.04645.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.0560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.1283n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.2014n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.2096n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.61123.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.2896n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.2909n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.3728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.3728n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.4272n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.4408n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.4547n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)3.5904n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.74183.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)3.5904n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)4.1616n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.77443.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.77443.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.77443.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.90884.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.91044.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.91074.1280
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.2960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.61123.2960
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