m7g.8xlarge vs m5a.8xlarge

Instance Typem7g.8xlargem5a.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton processor
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton3 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7g.12xlarge, m7g.16xlarge, m7g.2xlarge, m7g.4xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m7g.large, m7g.medium, m7g.metal, m7g.xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge
Generationsm6g.8xlarge, m7g.8xlarge, m8g.8xlarge, m9g.8xlargem5a.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlarge
Variantsm7a.8xlarge, m7gd.8xlarge, m7i-flex.8xlarge, m7i.8xlargem5.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m7g.8xlarge
RDSdb.m7g.8xlarge
OpenSearchm7g.8xlarge.search
ElastiCachecache.m7g.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput10000 MBps3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS20000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance15 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 Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m7g.8xlarge
m5a.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.9331n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.93310.8890
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.30561.3760
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.50981.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.51781.7280
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.52321.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)1.52321.7440
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)1.52801.7920
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)1.56422.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)1.6007n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)1.6048n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.30561.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)1.6320n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)1.6448n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)1.6454n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)1.6864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)1.6864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)1.7136n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)1.7204n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)1.7274n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)1.7952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.37091.5360
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)1.7952n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)2.0808n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.38721.6000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.38721.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.38721.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.45441.6160
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.45521.6640
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.45541.6960
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.3760
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.30561.3760
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