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m5.2xlarge vs m4.2xlarge

Instance Typem5.2xlargem4.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
Obsolete. Not recommended for use
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.4 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
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlargem2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge
Variantsm5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.2xlargeml.m4.2xlarge
RDSdb.m5.2xlargedb.m4.2xlarge
OpenSearchm5.2xlarge.searchm4.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.2xlargecache.m4.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units3726
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps1000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps1000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps125 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 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 Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5.2xlarge
m4.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40400.4200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44800.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.44800.5160
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44900.5160
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.46000.6360
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4710n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.4710n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.4720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.40400.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.4800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.4840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.4840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.5060n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.5080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.5280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.6120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.40800.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.42800.4640
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42800.4680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42800.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42800.4920
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.44400.5000
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.44800.5000
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.38400.4000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.38400.4000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.38400.4000
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