t4g.large vs m5a.large

Instance Typet4g.largem5a.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
4 – Generation
g – AWS Graviton 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 Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton2 ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest4g.2xlarge, t4g.large, t4g.medium, t4g.micro, t4g.nano, t4g.small, t4g.xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.large
Variantsm5.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
RDSdb.t4g.large
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2780 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth695 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance15700 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2780 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput347.5 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 5 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingnoyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1210
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1210
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.29x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t4g.large
m5a.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.0448n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.04480.0560
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.06720.0860
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.07520.1080
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.07630.1080
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.07630.1090
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.07680.1090
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.07680.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.07730.1380
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.0778n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.0784n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.0784n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.0800n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.06720.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.0803n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.0816n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.0832n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.0845n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.0848n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.0848n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.0848n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.0848n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.0864n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.0867n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.06880.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.0870n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.0891n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.0928n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.1072n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.07060.1000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.07360.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.07360.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.07360.1010
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.07360.1040
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.07520.1060
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.0860
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.06720.0860
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