a1.4xlarge vs m2.4xlarge
| a1.4xlarge | m2.4xlarge |
| General purpose | Memory optimized |
| Obsolete. Not recommended for use Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments. a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor 1 – Generation 4xlarge – Size | Obsolete. Not recommended for use Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 2 – Generation 4xlarge – Size |
| 16 | 8 |
| 32 GiB | 68.4 GiB |
| arm64 | x86_64 |
| AWS Graviton Processor | Intel Xeon Family |
| 2.3 GHz | |
| 1 | 1 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| a1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge | m2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarge |
| m2.4xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge | |
| db.m2.4xlarge | |
| cache.m2.4xlarge | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 26 | |
| EBS only | 2 x 840 SSD |
| default | supported |
| supported | supported |
| required | unsupported |
| 3500 MBps | |
| 3500 Mbps | 1000 Mbps |
| 437.5 Mbps | 125 Mbps |
| 20000 IOPS | 8000 IOPS |
| 20000 IOPS | 8000 IOPS |
| 3500 Mbps | 1000 Mbps |
| 437.5 Mbps | 125 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | High |
| yes | no |
| 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 30 | |
| yes | no |
| required | unsupported |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 2.49x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | a1.4xlarge | m2.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.4080 | n/a |
| Europe | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | n/a | 1.1000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.4080 | 1.1000 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.4608 | 1.1500 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.4656 | 1.1710 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.4704 | 1.1830 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.5136 | 1.1830 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.5328 | 1.2910 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.4080 | n/a |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.4080 | 0.9800 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 0.9800 |