m6g.xlarge vs m8gd.xlarge

Instance Typem6g.xlargem8gd.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.8 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6g.12xlarge, m6g.16xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, m6g.4xlarge, m6g.8xlarge, m6g.large, m6g.medium, m6g.metal, m6g.xlargem8gd.12xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gd.24xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gd.48xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m8gd.large, m8gd.medium, m8gd.metal-24xl, m8gd.metal-48xl, m8gd.xlarge
Generationsm6g.xlarge, m7g.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m9g.xlargem6gd.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlarge
Variantsm6a.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m6in.xlargem8a.xlarge, m8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gb.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8i.xlarge, m8ib.xlarge, m8id.xlarge, m8idb.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge, m8in.xlarge, m8ine.xlarge
SageMakerml.m6g.xlarge
RDSdb.m6g.xlargedb.m8gd.xlarge
OpenSearchm6g.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m6g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput1125 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1188 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput148.5 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.47x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6g.xlarge
m8gd.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1012n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.10120.1534
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15400.2306
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.17200.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.17760.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.17820.2980
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.17920.3674
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1806n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.15400.2446
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1892n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1936n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1936n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1980n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1984n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2016n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16170.2572
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2024n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.2032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.2120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.2448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.16320.2572
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.16320.2572
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.16400.2674
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.17120.2694
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.17120.2776
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.17200.2898
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.2306
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.15400.2306
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