m6a.8xlarge vs m9gd.8xlarge

Instance Typem6a.8xlargem9gd.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
d – Instance store volume
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.xlargem9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem6gd.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge
Variantsm6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlargem9g.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
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 Megabit17 Gigabit
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 Diff1.00x1.38x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.8xlarge
m9gd.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.8888n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.8888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.38242.4208
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/a2.0112
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.38242.0112
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.0112
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