m5.2xlarge vs r5a.2xlarge

Instance Typem5.2xlarger5a.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175AMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed3.1 GHz2.5 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.xlarger5a.12xlarge, r5a.16xlarge, r5a.24xlarge, r5a.2xlarge, r5a.4xlarge, r5a.8xlarge, r5a.large, r5a.xlarge
Generationsm2.2xlarge, m3.2xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarger5a.2xlarge, r6a.2xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r8a.2xlarge
Variantsm5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarger5.2xlarge, r5ad.2xlarge, r5b.2xlarge, r5d.2xlarge, r5dn.2xlarge, r5n.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.2xlarge
RDSdb.m5.2xlarge
OpenSearchm5.2xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units37
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2300 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput287.5 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.12x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5.2xlarge
r5a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)n/a0.2860
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.40400.4520
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.44800.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.44800.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44900.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.46000.5480
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.47100.5480
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.47100.7240
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)0.40400.4960
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)0.40800.5040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.42800.5080
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.42800.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.42800.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.42800.5320
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.44400.5440
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.44800.5440
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.38400.4520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.38400.4520
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.3840n/a
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