m9gd.medium vs x8g.medium

Instance Typem9gd.mediumx8g.medium
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
9 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
d – Instance store volume
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 Architecturearm64arm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorAWS Graviton4 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz2.8 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.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
Generationsm6gd.medium, m7gd.medium, m8gd.medium, m9gd.medium
Variantsm9g.medium
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance Storage1 x 59 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 10240 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth380 Mbps315 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput47.5 Mbps39.375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance2500 IOPS2500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 12.5 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces22
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface204
IPv6 Addresses per Interface204
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.68x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m9gd.medium
x8g.medium
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.07570.1112
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.1170
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HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.1366
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.06290.0977
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.06290.0977
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.06290.0977
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