m5a.xlarge vs c5d.xlarge

Instance Typem5a.xlargec5d.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
High-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
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargec5d.12xlarge, c5d.18xlarge, c5d.24xlarge, c5d.2xlarge, c5d.4xlarge, c5d.9xlarge, c5d.large, c5d.metal, c5d.xlarge
Generationsm5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlargec5d.xlarge, c6id.xlarge, c8id.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlargec5.xlarge, c5a.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5n.xlarge
SageMakerml.c5d.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units20
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 100 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 2250 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5a.xlarge
c5d.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17200.1980
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21600.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.21600.2280
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.21800.2290
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.21800.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.22400.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.27600.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19200.1980
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.2460
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.2980
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19200.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20000.2120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20200.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20200.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20200.2200
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.20800.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21200.2240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.17200.1920
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17200.1920
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1920
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