m8gn.16xlarge vs m5dn.16xlarge

Instance Typem8gn.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gn.12xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8gn.24xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8gn.48xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8gn.8xlarge, m8gn.large, m8gn.medium, m8gn.metal-24xl, m8gn.metal-48xl, m8gn.xlargem5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge
Generationsm5dn.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge
Variantsm8a.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput40000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth40000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput5000 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance160000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance160000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth40000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput5000 Mbps1700 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance200 Gigabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m8gn.16xlarge
m5dn.16xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)5.2038n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a4.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a5.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a5.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a5.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a5.4720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a5.6000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.3520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.65604.3520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)4.65604.3520
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