m6a.16xlarge vs m5a.16xlarge

Instance Typem6a.16xlargem5a.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 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.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlarge
Variantsm6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge, m5n.16xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps7000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps9500 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps1187.5 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit12 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
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.16xlarge
m5a.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7776n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.77761.7780
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76482.7520
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.45603.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.45603.4560
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.57123.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.40643.4880
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a3.5840
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a4.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.76483.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.08163.0720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.08163.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.19683.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.22563.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.22563.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.22563.3280
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.31203.3920
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a2.7520
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76482.7520
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