m9gd.2xlarge vs m5zn.2xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
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
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 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.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge
Variantsm9g.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 474 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBps3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput375 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.49x

Regional Prices

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m9gd.2xlarge
m5zn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.60520.7364
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.7708
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.7914
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.8120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.8534
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0530
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.50280.6607
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.50280.6607
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.50280.6607
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