a1.2xlarge vs m5a.2xlarge

Instance Typea1.2xlargem5a.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsObsolete. Not recommended for use
Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments.

a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor
1 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesa1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3500 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1750 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput218.75 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance10000 IOPS8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput437.5 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.77x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
a1.2xlarge
m5a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.20400.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20400.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.23040.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.23280.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.23520.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.25680.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.26640.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20400.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20400.3440
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