m9gd.4xlarge vs m8a.4xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.4xlargem8a.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm9gd.12xlarge, m9gd.16xlarge, m9gd.24xlarge, m9gd.2xlarge, m9gd.48xlarge, m9gd.4xlarge, m9gd.8xlarge, m9gd.large, m9gd.medium, m9gd.metal-48xl, m9gd.xlargem8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m9gd.4xlargem5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge
Variantsm9g.4xlargem8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 950 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6000 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput750 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance24000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 17 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5040
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5040
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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m9gd.4xlarge
m8a.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.21041.0244
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HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.0853
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.0853
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.2273
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.2578
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.00560.9738
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.00560.9738
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)1.00560.9738
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