m7a.xlarge vs m9gd.xlarge

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

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

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlargem6gd.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlarge
Variantsm7g.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m7i-flex.xlarge, m7i.xlargem9g.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 12000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1530
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m7a.xlarge
m9gd.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.24630.3026
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.2584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.2584n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.2681n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.2777n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.2898n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2995n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.23180.2514
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.23180.2514
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.23180.2514
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