m6gd.large vs m5ad.large

Instance Typem6gd.largem5ad.large
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
large – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m7gd.large, m8gd.large, m9gd.large
Variantsm6a.large, m6g.large, m6i.large, m6id.large, m6idn.large, m6in.largem5.large, m5a.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
SageMakerml.m6gd.large
RDSdb.m6gd.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 75 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 4500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth630 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput78.75 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
m5ad.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0604n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.06040.0670
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.09040.1030
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.10080.1300
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.10480.1310
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.10530.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.10560.1650
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1056n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1058n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1108n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1109n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09040.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1112n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1130n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1130n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1144n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1144n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1168n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1170n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.1197n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09490.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.1199n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.1240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.1440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09600.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09600.1210
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.09600.1220
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10080.1250
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10080.1270
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10080.1290
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1030
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.09040.1030
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