m9gd.xlarge vs z1d.xlarge

Instance Typem9gd.xlargez1d.xlarge
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
xlarge – Size
High memory and compute applications; suitable for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and certain relational database workloads.

z – Zippy / Compute and memory optimized
1 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton5 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8151
Clock Speed3.3 GHz4 GHz
Threads Per Core12
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.xlargez1d.12xlarge, z1d.2xlarge, z1d.3xlarge, z1d.6xlarge, z1d.large, z1d.metal, z1d.xlarge
Generationsm6gd.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m9gd.xlarge
Variantsm9g.xlarge
RDSdb.z1d.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units23
Instance Storage1 x 237 NVMe SSD1 x 150 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 12000 MBpsup to 2333 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1500 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput187.5 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance48000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth12000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1500 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.47x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m9gd.xlarge
z1d.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.28040.3920
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30260.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.31370.4220
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.31590.4390
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.32480.4500
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4500
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4540
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.25140.3720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.25140.3720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.25140.3720
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