m6gd.metal vs m8azn.metal-12xl

Instance Typem6gd.metalm8azn.metal-12xl
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
metal – Bare metal
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
metal-12xl – Bare metal
vCPUs6448
Memory256 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9575F
Clock Speed2.5 GHz5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6gd.12xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6gd.large, m6gd.medium, m6gd.metal, m6gd.xlargem8azn.12xlarge, m8azn.24xlarge, m8azn.3xlarge, m8azn.6xlarge, m8azn.large, m8azn.medium, m8azn.metal-12xl, m8azn.metal-24xl, m8azn.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.metal, m7gd.metal
Variantsm6a.metal, m6g.metal, m6i.metal, m6id.metal, m6idn.metal, m6in.metal
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput18000 MBps30720 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth19000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2375 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth19000 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2375 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.62x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6gd.metal
m8azn.metal-12xl
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.9328n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.9328n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.89285.5231
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.3536n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.3696n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.3792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.3792n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.3869n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.3920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.4880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.5456n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.5482n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.89285.9359
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.5584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.6480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)3.6608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)3.6608n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)3.7376n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)3.7440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)3.8304n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.03746.4006
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)3.8368n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)3.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)3.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)4.6080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.0720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.0733n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.0733n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.2256n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.9550
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.89284.9550
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a4.9550
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