hpc6a.48xlarge vs m5dn.24xlarge

Instance Typehpc6a.48xlargem5dn.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
d – Instance store volume
n – Network and EBS optimized
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizeshpc6a.48xlargem5dn.12xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5dn.large, m5dn.metal, m5dn.xlarge
Generationshpc6a.48xlarge, hpc7a.48xlargem5dn.24xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m8idn.24xlarge
Variantsm5.24xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5d.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 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth87 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput10.875 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance500 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance11000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput260.625 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance100 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces215
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportyesyes
EFA Max Interfaces11
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.25x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
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Geography
Region
hpc6a.48xlarge
m5dn.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1)3.3205n/a
EuropeEurope (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)3.0930n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.46707.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.46707.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.76098.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a8.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a8.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a8.4000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.88006.5280
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)n/a6.5280
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a6.5280
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