m7a.8xlarge vs m9gd.8xlarge

Instance Typem7a.8xlargem9gd.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – 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 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.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem6gd.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m8gd.8xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge
Variantsm7g.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i.8xlargem9g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 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 Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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m7a.8xlarge
m9gd.8xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.97062.4208
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.0672n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.0672n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.1445n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.2218n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.3184n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.3957n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.85472.0112
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.85472.0112
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.85472.0112
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