m6a.12xlarge vs m5a.12xlarge

Instance Typem6a.12xlargem5a.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed3.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.12xlarge, m6a.12xlarge, m7a.12xlarge, m8a.12xlargem5a.12xlarge, m6a.12xlarge, m7a.12xlarge, m8a.12xlarge
Variantsm6g.12xlarge, m6gd.12xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6id.12xlarge, m6idn.12xlarge, m6in.12xlargem5.12xlarge, m5ad.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5dn.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5zn.12xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth15000 Mbps6780 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1875 Mbps847.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth15000 Mbps6780 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1875 Mbps847.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance18750 Megabit10 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 Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.12xlarge
m5a.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.3332n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.33321.3330
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.07362.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.59202.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.59202.5920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.67842.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.30482.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a3.3120
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.07362.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.31122.3040
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.31122.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.39762.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.41922.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.41922.4240
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.41922.4960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.48402.5440
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.0640
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.07362.0640
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