m6a.4xlarge vs m5a.4xlarge

Instance Typem6a.4xlargem5a.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargem5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge
Variantsm6g.4xlarge, m6gd.4xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m6idn.4xlarge, m6in.4xlargem5.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBps2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps360 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS16000 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 Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
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.4xlarge
m5a.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.4444n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.44440.4440
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.69120.6880
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.86400.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.86400.8640
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.89280.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.10160.8720
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.69120.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.77040.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.77040.8000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.79920.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80640.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80640.8080
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.80640.8320
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.82800.8480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.6880
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.69120.6880
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