m5a.8xlarge vs m7a.8xlarge

Instance Typem5a.8xlargem7a.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.7 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.xlargem7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlargem7g.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.8xlarge
m7a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.8890n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.37601.9706
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.7440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.7440n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.7920n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)2.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.53602.0672
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.53602.0672
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.60002.1445
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.61602.2218
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.61602.3184
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.61602.3957
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.6640n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.6960n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.37601.8547
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.37601.8547
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.8547
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