c6a.2xlarge vs m5dn.2xlarge

Instance Typec6a.2xlargem5dn.2xlarge
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
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory16 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesc6a.12xlarge, c6a.16xlarge, c6a.24xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c6a.32xlarge, c6a.48xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c6a.8xlarge, c6a.large, c6a.metal, c6a.xlargem5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge
Generationsc5a.2xlarge, c6a.2xlarge, c7a.2xlarge, c8a.2xlargem5dn.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge
Variantsc6g.2xlarge, c6gd.2xlarge, c6gn.2xlarge, c6i.2xlarge, c6id.2xlarge, c6in.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps2300 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps287.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.86x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
c6a.2xlarge
m5dn.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1870n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1870n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.30600.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.3888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.3996n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4716n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.30600.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.32830.6680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.33480.6840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.34920.6840
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.35280.7000
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.3636n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.3816n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.3852n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.5440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.30600.5440
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.5440
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