m6a.xlarge vs m5a.xlarge

Instance Typem6a.xlargem5a.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 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.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlargem5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantsm6g.xlarge, m6gd.xlarge, m6i.xlarge, m6id.xlarge, m6idn.xlarge, m6in.xlargem5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
SageMakerml.m6a.xlarge
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 Bandwidth1250 Mbps1085 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps135.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
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.xlarge
m5a.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.1111n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.11110.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17280.1720
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.21600.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.21600.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.22320.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.27540.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.17280.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19260.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.19260.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.19980.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20160.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20160.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.20160.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.20700.2120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a0.1720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17280.1720
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