m5a.8xlarge vs hpc7g.8xlarge

Instance Typem5a.8xlargehpc7g.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeCompute optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
High-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
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton3 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargehpc7g.16xlarge, hpc7g.4xlarge, hpc7g.8xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps87 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps87 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps10.875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS500 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS11000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2085 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps260.625 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit200 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces84
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.8xlarge
hpc7g.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.8890n/a
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a1.8059
USGovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1)n/a2.0262
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.37602.1117
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.7440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.7440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.6000n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.6640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.6960n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.3760n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.37601.6832
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