m5a.xlarge vs m7a.xlarge

Instance Typem5a.xlargem7a.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 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.xlargem7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlargem5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantsm5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlargem7g.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m7i-flex.xlarge, m7i.xlarge
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 Bandwidth1085 Mbps1250 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput135.625 Mbps156.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 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 Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.30x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5a.xlarge
m7a.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.1110n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.17200.2463
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2160n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2180n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2760n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.19200.2584
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.19200.2584
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.20000.2681
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.20200.2777
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.20200.2898
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.20200.2995
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2080n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.17200.2318
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.17200.2318
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.2318
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