m5a.large vs im4gn.large

Instance Typem5a.largeim4gn.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeStorage optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – 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
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.large
Variantsm5.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
OpenSearchim4gn.large.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 937 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS5000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.03x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.large
im4gn.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08600.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.10800.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.10800.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1380n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09600.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09600.2006
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10000.2065
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10100.2110
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10100.2111
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10100.2111
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10400.2134
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10600.2169
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08600.1819
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08600.1819
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1819
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