m5a.24xlarge vs m5n.24xlarge

Instance Typem5a.24xlargem5n.24xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
24xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 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.xlargem5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlarge
Generationsm5a.24xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m8a.24xlargem5n.24xlarge, m6in.24xlarge, m8in.24xlarge
Variantsm5.24xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5n.24xlargem5.24xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps14000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13750 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1718.75 Mbps2375 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13750 Mbps19000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1718.75 Mbps2375 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnoyes
EFA Max Interfaces1
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.36x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.24xlarge
m5n.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.6660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.12806.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.1840n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.2320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)5.2320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)5.3760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)6.6240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.60806.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.60807.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.80007.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.84807.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.84807.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.8480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.9920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)5.0880n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.12805.7120
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.12805.7120
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a5.7120
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