m6a.large vs m5a.large

Instance Typem6a.largem5a.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.largem5a.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.large
Variantsm6g.large, m6gd.large, m6i.large, m6id.large, m6idn.large, m6in.largem5.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
SageMakerml.m6a.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 6667 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
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.large
m5a.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0556n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.05560.0560
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08640.0860
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.10800.1080
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.10800.1080
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.11160.1090
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.13770.1090
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.1380
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08640.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09630.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.09630.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.09990.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10080.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10080.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10080.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10350.1060
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.0860
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08640.0860
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