c5a.4xlarge vs m2.4xlarge

Instance Typec5a.4xlargem2.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedMemory optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
2 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs168
Memory32 GiB68.4 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.large, c5a.xlargem2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargem2.4xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlarge
RDSdb.m2.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units26
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 840 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface30
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.59x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c5a.4xlarge
m2.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3760n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61601.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.7360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.7600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.7600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.7680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.7760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.8000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.8240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.9440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.65601.1500
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67201.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68801.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68801.1830
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.69601.2910
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.7040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.7280n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.6160n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61600.9800
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.9800
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