m6a.2xlarge vs m5a.2xlarge

Instance Typem6a.2xlargem5a.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 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.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlargem5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsm6g.2xlarge, m6gd.2xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6id.2xlarge, m6idn.2xlarge, m6in.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m6a.2xlarge
m5a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.2222n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.22220.2220
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34560.3440
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.43200.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.43200.4320
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.44640.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.55080.4360
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.5520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.34560.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38520.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.38520.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39960.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40320.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40320.4040
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.40320.4160
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.41400.4240
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.3440
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34560.3440
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