m7a.4xlarge vs m9gd.4xlarge

Instance Typem7a.4xlargem9gd.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAWS Graviton5 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlargem9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlarge
Generationsm5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargem6gd.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge
Variantsm7g.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i.4xlargem9g.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 950 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps6000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS24000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 17 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m7a.4xlarge
m9gd.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.98531.2104
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.0336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.0336n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.0722n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.1109n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.1592n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.1978n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.92741.0056
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.92741.0056
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.92741.0056
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