m5a.4xlarge vs im4gn.4xlarge

Instance Typem5a.4xlargeim4gn.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
NoSQL databases (like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis), in-memory databases (such as Aerospike), scalable transactional databases, data warehousing, Elasticsearch, and analytics tasks.

im – IOPS / storage optimized with a one to four ratio of vCPU to memory
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
n – Network and EBS optimized
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AWS Graviton2 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 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.xlargeim4gn.16xlarge, im4gn.2xlarge, im4gn.4xlarge, im4gn.8xlarge, im4gn.large, im4gn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.4xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 7500 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBps9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.4xlarge
im4gn.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68801.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.86401.7443
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.86401.7443
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.76801.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.76801.6044
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.80001.6520
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.80801.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80801.6884
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80801.6884
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.83201.7070
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.84801.7350
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.68801.4552
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68801.4552
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.4552
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