m6a.24xlarge vs m5a.24xlarge

Instance Typem6a.24xlargem5a.24xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 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.24xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m8a.24xlargem5a.24xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m8a.24xlarge
Variantsm6i.24xlarge, m6id.24xlarge, m6idn.24xlarge, m6in.24xlargem5.24xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5n.24xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth30000 Mbps13750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput3750 Mbps1718.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance120000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance120000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth30000 Mbps13750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput3750 Mbps1718.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance37500 Megabit20 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.24xlarge
m5a.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)2.6664n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.66642.6660
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.14724.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)5.18405.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)5.18405.1840
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)5.35685.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)6.60965.2320
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a5.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a6.6240
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.14724.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.62244.6080
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.62244.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.79524.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.83844.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.83844.8480
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.83844.9920
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)4.96805.0880
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a4.1280
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.14724.1280
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