m5a.4xlarge vs m8a.4xlarge

Instance Typem5a.4xlargem8a.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 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.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargem5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlarge
Variantsm5.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlargem8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2880 Mbps5000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput360 Mbps625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance16000 IOPS20000 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 Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3040
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3040
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.4xlarge
m8a.4xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.4440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.68801.0244
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.8640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.8720n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.8960n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.76801.0245
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.76801.0853
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.80001.0853
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.80801.1664
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.80801.2273
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.80801.2578
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.8320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.8480n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.68800.9738
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.68800.9738
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.9738
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