m5.xlarge vs m7i.xlarge

Instance Typem5.xlargem7i.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m3.xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlarge
Variantsm5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlargem7a.xlarge, m7g.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m7i-flex.xlarge
SageMakerml.m5.xlargeml.m7i.xlarge
RDSdb.m5.xlargedb.m7i.xlarge
OpenSearchm5.xlarge.searchm7i.xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m5.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units16
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1150 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput143.75 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m5.xlarge
m7i.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.20200.2117
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.22400.2331
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.22400.2344
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.22500.2352
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.23000.2352
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.23500.2352
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.23500.2359
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.23600.2415
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.24000.2472
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.24000.2478
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.24000.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.20200.2121
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.24000.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.24200.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.24200.2520
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.24800.2541
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.24800.2541
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.25300.2604
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.25400.2604
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.26400.2646
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.30600.2656
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.2667
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.20400.2121
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.2772
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.3213
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21400.2142
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21400.2142
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21400.2142
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.21400.2247
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.22200.2247
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.22400.2247
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.19200.2016
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.19200.2016
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.19200.2016
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