m5.xlarge vs m1.xlarge

Instance Typem5.xlargem1.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
1 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB15 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlargem1.large, m1.medium, m1.small, m1.xlarge
Generationsm1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsm5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.xlarge
RDSdb.m5.xlargedb.m1.xlarge
OpenSearchm5.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units168
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 420 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS8000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps125 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitHigh
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.82x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5.xlarge
m1.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.3790
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20200.3790
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2250n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2350n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2350n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20200.4230
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2420n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2540n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.3060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20400.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21400.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21400.4670
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21400.4860
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2140n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.1920n/a
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19200.3500
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19200.3500
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