m5.large vs m7i.large

Instance Typem5.largem7i.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
large – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.2 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.xlargem7i.12xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m7i.24xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m7i.48xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m7i.8xlarge, m7i.large, m7i.metal-24xl, m7i.metal-48xl, m7i.xlarge
Generationsm1.large, m3.large, m4.large, m5.large, m6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.largem6i.large, m7i.large, m8i.large
Variantsm5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.largem7a.large, m7g.large, m7gd.large, m7i-flex.large
SageMakerml.m5.largeml.m7i.large
RDSdb.m5.largedb.m7i.large
OpenSearchm5.large.searchm7i.large.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units10
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

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m5.large
m7i.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10100.1058
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.11200.1166
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.11200.1172
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11200.1176
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.11500.1176
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.11800.1176
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.11800.1180
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.11800.1208
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.12000.1236
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.12000.1239
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.12000.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.10100.1061
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.12000.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.12100.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.12100.1260
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.12400.1271
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.12400.1271
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.12700.1302
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.12700.1302
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.13200.1323
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.15300.1328
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.1334
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.10200.1061
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.1386
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.1607
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10700.1071
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10700.1071
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10700.1071
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10700.1124
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.11100.1124
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.11200.1124
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.09600.1008
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.09600.1008
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.09600.1008
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