m5a.16xlarge vs m5ad.16xlarge

Instance Typem5a.16xlargem5ad.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlarge
Variantsm5.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS only4 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput7000 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth9500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1187.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth9500 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1187.5 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5a.16xlarge
m5ad.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.77802.1470
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.75203.2960
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45604.1600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45604.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.48804.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)3.48805.2800
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)3.5840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)4.4160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)3.07203.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.07203.6800
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.20003.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.23203.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.23203.9040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.23204.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.32804.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.39204.1280
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)2.75203.2960
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.75203.2960
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