m5a.large vs r7a.large

Instance Typem5a.larger7a.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

rRAM / memory optimized
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB16 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.xlarger7a.12xlarge, r7a.16xlarge, r7a.24xlarge, r7a.2xlarge, r7a.32xlarge, r7a.48xlarge, r7a.4xlarge, r7a.8xlarge, r7a.large, r7a.medium, r7a.metal-48xl, r7a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.larger5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.large
Variantsm5.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.larger7g.large, r7gd.large, r7i.large, r7iz.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.64x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5a.large
r7a.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08600.1570
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1090n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.1120n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1380n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09600.1618
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09600.1703
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10000.1703
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10100.1835
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10100.1835
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1010n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1040n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1060n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08600.1522
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08600.1522
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1522
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