m5ad.16xlarge vs m7gd.16xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.16xlargem7gd.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlargem7gd.12xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7gd.large, m7gd.medium, m7gd.metal, m7gd.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge
Variantsm5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlargem7a.16xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m7gd.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage4 x 600 NVMe SSD2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit30 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.16xlarge
m7gd.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.14702.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.29603.4171
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)4.16004.0219
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)4.19204.1126
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)4.28804.1914
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.28004.2035
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a4.2638
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.2941
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a4.4150
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a4.5088
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a5.4432
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.68003.5878
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.68003.6243
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.84003.6243
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.87203.6288
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.90403.8102
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.00003.8102
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.06403.9738
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.12803.9917
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.29603.4171
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.29603.4171
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