m5n.16xlarge vs m9gd.16xlarge

Instance Typem5n.16xlargem9gd.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)AWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlargem9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlarge
Generationsm5n.16xlarge, m6in.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargem6gd.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge
Variantsm5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlargem9g.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3800 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps24000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13600 Mbps24000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1700 Mbps3000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS96000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS96000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13600 Mbps24000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1700 Mbps3000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance75 Gigabit34 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
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Geography
Region
m5n.16xlarge
m9gd.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.25604.2662
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.51204.4858
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.67204.4858
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.76804.8416
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.76805.0195
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.89605.0547
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a5.1968
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.80804.0224
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.80804.0224
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.80804.0224
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