m5a.12xlarge vs m7a.12xlarge

Instance Typem5a.12xlargem7a.12xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargem7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.12xlarge, m6a.12xlarge, m7a.12xlarge, m8a.12xlargem5a.12xlarge, m6a.12xlarge, m7a.12xlarge, m8a.12xlarge
Variantsm5.12xlarge, m5ad.12xlarge, m5d.12xlarge, m5dn.12xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5zn.12xlargem7g.12xlarge, m7gd.12xlarge, m7i-flex.12xlarge, m7i.12xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput5000 MBps15000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth6780 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput847.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance30000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance30000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth6780 Mbps15000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput847.5 Mbps1875 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance10 Gigabit18750 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.30x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.12xlarge
m7a.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.3330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.06402.9558
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.5920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.6160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)2.6880n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)3.3120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.30403.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.30403.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.40003.2167
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.42403.3326
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.42403.4776
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.42403.5935
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.5440n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.06402.7821
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.06402.7821
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.7821
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