m9gd.xlarge vs m5zn.xlarge

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlarge
Variantsm9g.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1500 Mbps1564 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput187.5 Mbps195.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 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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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m9gd.xlarge
m5zn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30260.3682
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.3957
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.4060
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4267
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5265
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.25140.3303
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.25140.3303
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.25140.3303
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