m7a.medium vs x8g.medium

Instance Typem7a.mediumx8g.medium
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
medium – Size
In-memory databases (like SAP HANA), big data engines (such as Apache Spark, Presto), high-performance computing (HPC), and memory-heavy enterprise apps.

x – Extreme RAM / memory intensive
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory4 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz2.8 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.xlargex8g.12xlarge, x8g.16xlarge, x8g.24xlarge, x8g.2xlarge, x8g.48xlarge, x8g.4xlarge, x8g.8xlarge, x8g.large, x8g.medium, x8g.metal-24xl, x8g.metal-48xl, x8g.xlarge
Generationsm7a.medium, m8a.medium
Variantsm7g.medium, m7gd.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth325 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput40.625 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Addresses per Interface44
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.71x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m7a.medium
x8g.medium
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.06160.1112
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.06460.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.06460.1172
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.06700.1366
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.0694n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.0725n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.0749n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.05800.0977
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.05800.0977
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.05800.0977
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