m9g.xlarge vs m7a.xlarge

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

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

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m7g.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m9g.xlargem5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantsm9gd.xlargem7g.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m7i-flex.xlarge, m7i.xlarge
RDSdb.m9g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput187.5 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.26x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m9g.xlarge
m7a.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.23440.2463
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.2584
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.2584
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.2681
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.2777
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.2898
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.2995
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.19570.2318
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19570.2318
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19570.2318
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