m9g.8xlarge vs m7a.8xlarge

Instance Typem9g.8xlargem7a.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9g.12xlarge, m9g.16xlarge, m9g.24xlarge, m9g.2xlarge, m9g.48xlarge, m9g.4xlarge, m9g.8xlarge, m9g.large, m9g.medium, m9g.metal-48xl, m9g.xlargem7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlarge
Generationsm6g.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m9g.8xlargem5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlarge
Variantsm9gd.8xlargem7g.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i.8xlarge
RDSdb.m9g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput12000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance17000 Megabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces108
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

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m9g.8xlarge
m7a.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.87551.9706
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a2.0672
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.0672
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a2.1445
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a2.2218
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.3184
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.3957
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.56541.8547
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.56541.8547
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.56541.8547
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