m7g.8xlarge vs m5ad.8xlarge

Instance Typem7g.8xlargem5ad.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m9g.8xlarge
Variantsm7a.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i.8xlargem5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m7g.8xlarge
RDSdb.m7g.8xlarge
OpenSearchm7g.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m7g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15 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.8xlarge
m5ad.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.9331n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.93311.0740
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.30561.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.50982.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.51782.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.52322.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.52322.6400
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.5642n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.6007n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.6048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.30561.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.6448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.6454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.6864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.6864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.7136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.7204n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.7274n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)1.7952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.37091.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)1.7952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)2.0808n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.38721.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.38721.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.38721.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.45442.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.45522.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.45542.0640
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.6480
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.30561.6480
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