m6a.16xlarge vs m9gd.16xlarge

Instance Typem6a.16xlargem9gd.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
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
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlargem9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem6gd.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge
Variantsm6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargem9g.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 3800 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps24000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps24000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps3000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS96000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS96000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps24000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps3000 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit34 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.38x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.16xlarge
m9gd.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7776n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76484.8416
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.5712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.4064n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.7648n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.0816n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.0816n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.1968n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.3120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.0224
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76484.0224
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.0224
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