m5.16xlarge vs m4.16xlarge

Instance Typem5.16xlargem4.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
4 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlargem4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.large, m4.xlarge
Generationsm4.16xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlargem4.16xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge
Variantsm5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.16xlargeml.m4.16xlarge
RDSdb.m5.16xlargedb.m4.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units256188
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13600 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1700 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS65000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13600 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1700 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces158
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5.16xlarge
m4.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.23203.3600
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.58404.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.58404.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.59504.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.68005.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.7660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.7660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)3.7760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)3.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)3.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)3.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.23203.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)3.8400n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)3.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)3.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)3.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)3.9680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)4.0480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)4.0640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)4.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)4.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.26403.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.42403.7120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.42403.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.42403.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.42403.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.55204.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.58404.0000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.07203.2000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.07203.2000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.07203.2000
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