c5a.4xlarge vs m8a.4xlarge

Instance Typec5a.4xlargem8a.4xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
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
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.3 GHz4.5 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.xlargem8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlarge
Generationsc5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlargem5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge
Variantsc5.4xlarge, c5ad.4xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5n.4xlargem8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnoyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6600 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.54x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
c5a.4xlarge
m8a.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.61601.0853
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)0.65601.0853
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.67201.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.68801.2273
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.68801.2578
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.6960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.7040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.7280n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.61600.9738
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.61600.9738
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.9738
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