m5ad.8xlarge vs m7gd.8xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.8xlargem7gd.8xlarge
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
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlargem7a.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m7gd.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.8xlarge
m7gd.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.07401.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.64801.7086
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.08002.0110
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.09602.0563
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.14402.0957
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.64002.1018
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.1319
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.1470
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.2075
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.2544
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.7216
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.84001.7939
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.84001.8122
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.92001.8122
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.93601.8144
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.95201.9051
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.00001.9051
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.03201.9869
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.06401.9958
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.64801.7086
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.64801.7086
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