m5a.large vs t2.large

Instance Typem5a.larget2.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
Websites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
2 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Family
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.3 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.xlarget2.2xlarge, t2.large, t2.medium, t2.micro, t2.nano, t2.small, t2.xlarge
Generationsm5a.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.larget2.large, t3.large
Variantsm5.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
SageMakerml.t2.large
RDSdb.t2.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenoyes
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultunsupported
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredunsupported
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitLow to Moderate
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1012
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1012
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredunsupported
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.large
t2.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.08600.0992
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.10800.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.10800.1168
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.10900.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.10900.1216
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.11200.1488
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.1380n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.09600.1008
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.09600.1024
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.10000.1056
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.10100.1056
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.10100.1072
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.10100.1088
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.10400.1104
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.10600.1152
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.08600.0928
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.08600.0928
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.0928
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