m9gd.12xlarge vs m5zn.12xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge
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
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed3.3 GHz4.5 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.xlargem5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.12xlarge, m7gd.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m9gd.12xlarge
Variantsm9g.12xlargem5.12xlarge, m5a.12xlarge, m5ad.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5dn.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage3 x 950 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps19000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth18000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2250 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance72000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance72000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth18000 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2250 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1215
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.37x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m9gd.12xlarge
m5zn.12xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.36434.4184
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.63124.6248
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.76464.7486
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.79104.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.89764.9560
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.9560
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a5.1204
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a6.3178
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.01683.9641
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.01683.9641
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.01683.9641
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