m7a.large vs m9gd.large

Instance Typem7a.largem9gd.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.largem6gd.large, m7gd.large, m8gd.large, m9gd.large
Variantsm7g.large, m7gd.large, m7i-flex.large, m7i.largem9g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 118 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps760 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps95 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS48000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 15 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m7a.large
m9gd.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.12320.1402
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12920.1513
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.12920.1569
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.13400.1580
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.13890.1624
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1449n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1497n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.11590.1257
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.11590.1257
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.11590.1257
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