m5a.12xlarge vs m8a.12xlarge

Instance Typem5a.12xlargem8a.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
12xlarge – Size
vCPUs4848
Memory192 GiB192 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz4.5 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.xlargem8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.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.12xlargem8azn.12xlarge, m8g.12xlarge, m8gb.12xlarge, m8gd.12xlarge, m8gn.12xlarge, m8i-flex.12xlarge, m8i.12xlarge, m8ib.12xlarge, m8id.12xlarge, m8idb.12xlarge, m8idn.12xlarge, m8in.12xlarge, m8ine.12xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.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 Gigabit22500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces812
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.12xlarge
m8a.12xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.3330n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.06403.0732
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)2.30403.0734
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.30403.2558
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)2.40003.2558
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)2.42403.4992
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)2.42403.6818
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.42403.7733
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.4960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.5440n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.06402.9213
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.06402.9213
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a2.9213
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