m8gb.medium vs m8azn.medium

Instance Typem8gb.mediumm8azn.medium
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
b – EBS optimized
medium – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
medium – Size
vCPUs11
Memory4 GiB4 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9575F
Clock Speed2.8 GHz5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8gb.12xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gb.48xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gb.8xlarge, m8gb.large, m8gb.medium, m8gb.metal-24xl, m8gb.metal-48xl, m8gb.xlargem8azn.12xlarge, m8azn.24xlarge, m8azn.3xlarge, m8azn.6xlarge, m8azn.large, m8azn.medium, m8azn.metal-12xl, m8azn.metal-24xl, m8azn.xlarge
Variantsm8a.medium, m8azn.medium, m8g.medium, m8gd.medium, m8gn.mediumm8a.medium, m8g.medium, m8gb.medium, m8gd.medium, m8gn.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 25000 MBpsup to 15360 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1562 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput195.3125 Mbps78.125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance7500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth25000 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3125 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 16.667 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces23
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 Diff1.00x1.50x

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m8gb.medium
m8azn.medium
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)0.0813n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.1151
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.1237
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.1334
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1032
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.07280.1032
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.07280.1032
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