m5a.24xlarge vs m8a.24xlarge

Instance Typem5a.24xlargem8a.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
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
24xlarge – Size
vCPUs9696
Memory384 GiB384 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.24xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m8a.24xlargem5a.24xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m8a.24xlarge
Variantsm5.24xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5dn.24xlarge, m5n.24xlargem8azn.24xlarge, m8g.24xlarge, m8gb.24xlarge, m8gd.24xlarge, m8gn.24xlarge, m8i.24xlarge, m8ib.24xlarge, m8id.24xlarge, m8idb.24xlarge, m8idn.24xlarge, m8in.24xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps30000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth13750 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1718.75 Mbps3750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance60000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance60000 IOPS120000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth13750 Mbps30000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1718.75 Mbps3750 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance20 Gigabit40000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnoyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.24xlarge
m8a.24xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)2.6660n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.12806.1464
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)4.60806.1469
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.60806.5117
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.80006.5117
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.84806.9984
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.84807.3637
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.84807.5466
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)4.9920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)5.0880n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)4.12805.8426
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)4.12805.8426
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a5.8426
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