m5a.2xlarge vs m8a.2xlarge

Instance Typem5a.2xlargem8a.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 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.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlargem5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlargem8g.2xlarge, m8gb.2xlarge, m8gd.2xlarge, m8gn.2xlarge, m8i-flex.2xlarge, m8i.2xlarge, m8ib.2xlarge, m8id.2xlarge, m8idb.2xlarge, m8idn.2xlarge, m8in.2xlarge, m8ine.2xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps312.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS12000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1540
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1540
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.35x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.2xlarge
m8a.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.34400.5122
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.4320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.4360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.4360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.4480n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.38400.5122
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.38400.5426
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.40000.5426
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.40400.5832
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.40400.6136
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.40400.6289
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.4160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.4240n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.34400.4869
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.34400.4869
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.4869
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