m5a.xlarge vs im4gn.xlarge

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – 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
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
OpenSearchim4gn.xlarge.search
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 1875 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 9500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS10000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.xlarge
im4gn.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17200.4011
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21600.4361
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.21600.4361
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19200.4011
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19200.4011
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20000.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20200.4220
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20200.4221
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20200.4221
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.20800.4268
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21200.4338
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.17200.3638
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17200.3638
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.3638
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