m7g.4xlarge vs m5ad.4xlarge

Instance Typem7g.4xlargem5ad.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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.4xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m8g.4xlarge, m9g.4xlarge
Variantsm7a.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i.4xlargem5.4xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m7g.4xlarge
RDSdb.m7g.4xlarge
OpenSearchm7g.4xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m7g.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps360 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 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 Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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.4xlarge
m5ad.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4666n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.46660.5370
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.65280.8240
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.75491.0400
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.75891.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.76161.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.76161.3200
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.7640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.7821n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.8004n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.8024n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.8160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.8160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.65280.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.8160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.8160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.8224n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.8227n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.8432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.8432n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.8568n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.8602n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.8637n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.8976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.68540.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.8976n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)1.0404n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.69360.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.69360.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.69360.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.72721.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.72761.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.72771.0320
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.8240
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.65280.8240
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