a1.4xlarge vs m5a.4xlarge

Instance Typea1.4xlargem5a.4xlarge
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
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB64 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.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth3500 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput437.5 Mbps360 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 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 Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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
a1.4xlarge
m5a.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.40800.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40800.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46080.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46560.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.47040.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.51360.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.53280.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.8480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.40800.6880
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.40800.6880
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