m5.xlarge vs m2.xlarge

Instance Typem5.xlargem2.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
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
2 – Generation
xlarge – Size
vCPUs42
Memory16 GiB17.1 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.xlargem2.2xlarge, m2.4xlarge, m2.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.m2.xlarge
OpenSearchm5.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units166.5
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 420 SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
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 Diff1.00x1.23x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5.xlarge
m2.xlarge
EuropeEurope (Ireland) (eu-west-1)n/a0.2750
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20200.2750
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)0.20200.2870
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)0.20400.2930
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21400.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21400.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21400.3230
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)0.19200.2450
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19200.2450
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