m6gd.2xlarge vs m5ad.2xlarge

Instance Typem6gd.2xlargem5ad.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 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.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge
Variantsm6a.2xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6gd.2xlarge
RDSdb.m6gd.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 475 NVMe SSD1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2375 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput296.875 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps360 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 Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6gd.2xlarge
m5ad.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2416n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.24160.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.36160.4120
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.40320.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.41920.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.42120.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.42240.6600
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4224n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4234n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4435n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.36160.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4576n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4576n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4672n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.4680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.4788n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.37970.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4796n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.5760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.38400.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.38420.4840
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.38420.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40320.5000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40320.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.40320.5160
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.36160.4120
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