m5a.xlarge vs m5ad.xlarge

Instance Typem5a.xlargem5ad.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Generationsm5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 150 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1085 Mbps1085 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps135.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.19x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5a.xlarge
m5ad.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.11100.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17200.2060
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21600.2600
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.21600.2620
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.21800.2680
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.21800.3300
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19200.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19200.2300
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20000.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20200.2420
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20200.2440
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20200.2500
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.20800.2540
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.21200.2580
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.17200.2060
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17200.2060
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