a1.2xlarge vs m6a.2xlarge
| a1.2xlarge | m6a.2xlarge |
| General purpose | General purpose |
| Obsolete. 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 6 – Generation a – AMD processor 2xlarge – Size |
| 8 | 8 |
| 16 GiB | 32 GiB |
| arm64 | x86_64 |
| AWS Graviton Processor | AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor |
| 2.3 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| 1 | 2 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| a1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge | m6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlarge |
| m5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge | |
| m6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| up to 3500 MBps | up to 6667 MBps |
| 1750 Mbps | 2500 Mbps |
| 218.75 Mbps | 312.5 Mbps |
| 10000 IOPS | 12000 IOPS |
| 20000 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 3500 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 437.5 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 12500 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 15 | 15 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.69x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | a1.2xlarge | m6a.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2) | n/a | 0.2222 |
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.2040 | 0.2222 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.2040 | 0.3456 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | n/a | 0.4320 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | n/a | 0.4320 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | n/a | 0.4464 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | n/a | 0.5508 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.2304 | 0.3456 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.2328 | 0.3852 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.2352 | 0.3852 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.2568 | 0.3996 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.2664 | 0.4032 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | n/a | 0.4032 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | n/a | 0.4032 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | n/a | 0.4140 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.2040 | n/a |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.2040 | 0.3456 |