mac1.metal vs a1.metal
| mac1.metal | a1.metal |
| General purpose | General purpose |
| Provides macOS access for developing, building, testing, and signing applications. mac – Apple macOS 1 – Generation metal – Bare metal | Obsolete. Not recommended for use Web servers, containerized microservices, caching fleets, distributed data stores, and dev environments. a – ARM AWS Graviton Processor 1 – Generation metal – Bare metal |
| 12 | 16 |
| 32 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | arm64 |
| Intel Core i7-8700B CPU | AWS Graviton Processor |
| 3.2 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| 2 | 1 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| mac1.metal | a1.2xlarge, a1.4xlarge, a1.large, a1.medium, a1.metal, a1.xlarge |
| mac1.metal, mac2.metal | |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| 1750 MBps | 3500 MBps |
| 14000 Mbps | 3500 Mbps |
| 1750 Mbps | 437.5 Mbps |
| 80000 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 80000 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 14000 Mbps | 3500 Mbps |
| 1750 Mbps | 437.5 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | |
| yes | yes |
| 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 30 | 30 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| Infinityx |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | mac1.metal | a1.metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | n/a | 0.4080 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | n/a | 0.4080 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | n/a | 0.4610 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | n/a | 0.4660 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | n/a | 0.4700 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | n/a | 0.5140 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | n/a | 0.5330 |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | n/a | 0.4080 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | n/a | 0.4080 |