m9g.16xlarge vs m5n.16xlarge

Instance Typem9g.16xlargem5n.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 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
Sizesm9g.12xlarge, m9g.16xlarge, m9g.24xlarge, m9g.2xlarge, m9g.48xlarge, m9g.4xlarge, m9g.8xlarge, m9g.large, m9g.medium, m9g.metal-48xl, m9g.xlargem5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlarge
Generationsm6g.16xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m8g.16xlarge, m9g.16xlargem5n.16xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m8in.16xlarge
Variantsm9gd.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge
RDSdb.m9g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput24000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth24000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3000 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance96000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance96000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth24000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3000 Mbps1700 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance34000 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.24x

Regional Prices

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m9g.16xlarge
m5n.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.32674.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.48744.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.48934.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.75104.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.91364.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.91364.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.0442n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.13093.8080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.13093.8080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.13093.8080
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