m7i-flex.4xlarge vs m5.4xlarge

Instance Typem7i-flex.4xlargem5.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
flex – Flex instance
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7i-flex.12xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i-flex.2xlarge, m7i-flex.4xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i-flex.large, m7i-flex.xlargem5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.large, m5.metal, m5.xlarge
Generationsm7i-flex.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlargem2.4xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge
Variantsm7a.4xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m7gd.4xlarge, m7i.4xlargem5a.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.4xlarge
RDSdb.m5.4xlarge
OpenSearchm5.4xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units70
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.02x

Regional Prices

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m7i-flex.4xlarge
m5.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.80440.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.88580.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.89060.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.89380.8990
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.89380.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.91770.9420
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.94170.9420
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.95760.9440
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.95760.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.95760.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.95760.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.80600.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.96560.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.96560.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.98950.9680
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.98950.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.00550.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.05341.0120
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.22101.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.0560
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.80600.8160
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.81400.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.81400.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.81400.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.85380.8560
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.85380.8880
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.85380.8960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.76610.7680
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.76610.7680
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.76610.7680
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