m6a.8xlarge vs m9g.8xlarge

Instance Typem6a.8xlargem9g.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.xlargem9g.12xlarge, m9g.16xlarge, m9g.24xlarge, m9g.2xlarge, m9g.48xlarge, m9g.4xlarge, m9g.8xlarge, m9g.large, m9g.medium, m9g.metal-48xl, m9g.xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem6g.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m9g.8xlarge
Variantsm6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlargem9gd.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.8xlarge
RDSdb.m9g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBps12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit17000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces810
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.07x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.8xlarge
m9g.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.8888n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.8888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.38241.8755
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.7856n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.2032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.3824n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.5408n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.5408n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.5984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.6560n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.5654
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.38241.5654
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.5654
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