m9gd.large vs m5dn.large

Instance Typem9gd.largem5dn.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – 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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlargem5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.large, m7gd.large, m8gd.large, m9gd.largem5dn.large, m6idn.large, m8idn.large
Variantsm9g.largem5.large, m5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 118 NVMe SSD1 x 75 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth760 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput95 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.18x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m9gd.large
m5dn.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15130.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.1620
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.1750
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.12570.1360
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.12570.1360
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.12570.1360
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