hpc6a.48xlarge vs m5a.24xlarge

Instance Typehpc6a.48xlargem5a.24xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
DetailsHigh-performance computing (HPC), computational fluid dynamics, computational finance, seismic analysis, reservoir simulation, risk analysis, and weather modeling.

hpc – High performance computing (HPC) / high disk throughput
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
48xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed3.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc6a.48xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge
Generationshpc6a.48xlarge, hpc7a.48xlargem5a.24xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m8a.24xlarge
Variantsm5.24xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5n.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2085 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps13750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps1718.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps13750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps1718.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces215
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesno
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.44x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
hpc6a.48xlarge
m5a.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a2.6660
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1)3.3205n/a
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)3.0930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.46704.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a5.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a5.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a5.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a5.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a5.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a6.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.46704.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.76094.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a4.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a4.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a4.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a4.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a4.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a5.0880
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.88004.1280
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a4.1280
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