m7g.2xlarge vs m5ad.2xlarge

Instance Typem7g.2xlargem5ad.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
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 Graviton3 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.6 GHz2.2 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.2xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m8g.2xlarge, m9g.2xlarge
Variantsm7a.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m7i-flex.2xlarge, m7i.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m7g.2xlarge
RDSdb.m7g.2xlarge
OpenSearchm7g.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m7g.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 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 Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m7g.2xlarge
m5ad.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2333n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.23330.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.32640.4120
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.37740.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.37940.5240
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.38080.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.38080.6600
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.3820n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.3910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4002n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4012n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.32640.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4114n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.4216n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.4284n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4301n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.4318n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.34270.4600
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.5202n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.34680.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34680.4840
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.34680.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.36360.5000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.36380.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.36380.5160
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.4120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.32640.4120
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