m5a.16xlarge vs m5.16xlarge

Instance Typem5a.16xlargem5.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargem5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem4.16xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge
Variantsm5.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlargem5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.16xlarge
RDSdb.m5.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
EC2 Compute Units256
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1700 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.15x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5a.16xlarge
m5.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7780n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.75203.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45603.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45603.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.48803.5950
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.48803.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.58403.7660
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.41603.7660
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a3.7760
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a3.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a3.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a3.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.07203.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a3.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a3.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a3.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a3.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a3.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a4.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a4.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a4.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a4.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.07203.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.20003.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.23203.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.23203.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.23203.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.32803.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.39203.5840
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.75203.0720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.75203.0720
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.0720
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