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m5.large vs m4.large

Instance Typem5.largem4.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
4 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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
Generationsm1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsm5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
SageMakerml.m5.large
RDSdb.m5.largedb.m4.large
OpenSearchm5.large.searchm4.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.largecache.m4.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units106.5
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps450 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps450 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps56.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps450 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps56.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitModerate
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces32
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.03x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5.large
m4.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10100.1050
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11200.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11200.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11200.1290
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.11500.1590
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10100.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.1200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.1240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.1240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.1270n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.1270n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.1320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.1530n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10200.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10700.1160
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10700.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10700.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10700.1230
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.11100.1250
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.11200.1250
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.09600.1000
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.09600.1000
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.09600.1000
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