hpc6a.48xlarge vs m5ad.24xlarge

Instance Typehpc6a.48xlargem5ad.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
d – Instance store volume
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed3.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc6a.48xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationshpc6a.48xlarge, hpc7a.48xlarge
Variantsm5.24xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5n.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 900 NVMe SSD
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 Diff1.00x1.72x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
hpc6a.48xlarge
m5ad.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a3.2210
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1)3.3205n/a
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)3.0930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.46704.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a6.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a6.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a6.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a7.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.46705.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.76095.5200
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a5.7600
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a5.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a5.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a6.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a6.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a6.1920
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.88004.9440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a4.9440
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