m6g.8xlarge vs m6a.8xlarge

Instance Typem6g.8xlargem6a.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6g.12xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6g.large, m6g.medium, m6g.metal, m6g.xlargem6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlarge
Generationsm6g.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m8g.8xlargem5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlarge
Variantsm6a.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlargem6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6g.8xlarge
RDSdb.m6g.8xlarge
OpenSearchm6g.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m6g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput9000 MBps6667 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m6g.8xlarge
m6a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.80960.8888
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.80960.8888
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.23201.3824
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.37601.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.42081.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.42561.7856
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.43362.2032
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.4336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.4400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.4448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.4720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.5040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.5040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.23201.3824
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.5136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.5488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.5488n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.5840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.5872n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.29381.5408
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)1.6192n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)1.6256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)1.6960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)1.9584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.30561.5408
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.30561.5984
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.31201.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.36961.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.36961.6128
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.37601.6560
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.23201.3824
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