m7g.xlarge vs m5ad.xlarge

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

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m7g.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m9g.xlarge
Variantsm7a.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m7i-flex.xlarge, m7i.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
SageMakerml.m7g.xlarge
RDSdb.m7g.xlarge
OpenSearchm7g.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m7g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 150 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1085 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25039999999998 Mbps135.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp 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.xlarge
m5ad.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1166n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.11660.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.16320.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.18870.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.18970.2620
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.19040.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.19040.3300
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1910n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1955n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2001n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2006n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.16320.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2056n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2057n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2108n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2108n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2142n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2151n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2159n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2244n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.17140.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2244n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2601n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.17340.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.17340.2420
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.17340.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.18180.2500
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.18190.2540
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.18190.2580
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.2060
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.16320.2060
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