m5a.8xlarge vs m5ad.8xlarge

Instance Typem5a.8xlargem5ad.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlargem5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp 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 Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5a.8xlarge
m5ad.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.88901.0740
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.37601.6480
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.72802.0800
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.72802.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.74402.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.74402.6400
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.53601.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.53601.8400
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.60001.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.61601.9360
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.61601.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.61602.0000
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.66402.0320
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.69602.0640
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.37601.6480
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.37601.6480
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