m5a.4xlarge vs c8a.4xlarge
| m5a.4xlarge | c8a.4xlarge |
| General purpose | Compute optimized |
| Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends. m – Multi purpose 5 – Generation a – AMD processor 4xlarge – 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 8 – Generation a – AMD processor 4xlarge – Size |
| 16 | 16 |
| 64 GiB | 32 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| AMD EPYC 7571 | AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor |
| 2.5 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| 2 | 1 |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| m5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge | c8a.12xlarge, c8a.16xlarge, c8a.24xlarge, c8a.2xlarge, c8a.48xlarge, c8a.4xlarge, c8a.8xlarge, c8a.large, c8a.medium, c8a.metal-24xl, c8a.metal-48xl, c8a.xlarge |
| m5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge | c5a.4xlarge, c6a.4xlarge, c7a.4xlarge, c8a.4xlarge |
| m5.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge | c8g.4xlarge, c8gb.4xlarge, c8gd.4xlarge, c8gn.4xlarge, c8i-flex.4xlarge, c8i.4xlarge, c8ib.4xlarge, c8id.4xlarge, c8in.4xlarge, c8ine.4xlarge |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| EBS only | EBS only |
| default | default |
| supported | supported |
| required | required |
| 2120 MBps | up to 10000 MBps |
| 2880 Mbps | 5000 Mbps |
| 360 Mbps | 625 Mbps |
| 16000 IOPS | 20000 IOPS |
| 16000 IOPS | 40000 IOPS |
| 2880 Mbps | 10000 Mbps |
| 360 Mbps | 1250 Mbps |
| Up to 10 Gigabit | Up to 15000 Megabit |
| yes | yes |
| 8 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 40 |
| 30 | 40 |
| yes | yes |
| required | required |
| no | no |
| no | yes |
| no | no |
| 1.00x | 1.16x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | m5a.4xlarge | c8a.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) | 0.4440 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.6880 | 0.9249 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.8640 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.8640 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.8720 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.8720 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.8960 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 1.1040 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.7680 | 0.9250 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.7680 | 0.9839 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.8000 | 1.0853 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.8080 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.8080 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.8080 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.8320 | n/a |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.8480 | n/a |
| US | US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) | 0.6880 | 0.8622 |
| US | US East (Virginia) (us-east-1) | 0.6880 | 0.8622 |
| US | US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | n/a | 0.8622 |