t3a.xlarge vs m5a.xlarge

Instance Typet3a.xlargem5a.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsWebsites / web apps, dev environments, build servers, code repositories, microservices, test/staging, and business apps.

t – Burstable performance
3 – 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 7571AMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.2 GHz2.5 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest3a.2xlarge, t3a.large, t3a.medium, t3a.micro, t3a.nano, t3a.small, t3a.xlargem5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.large, m5a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantst3.xlargem5.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
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 Mbps1085 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps135.625 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS6000 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 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 Diff1.00x1.16x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t3a.xlarge
m5a.xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.09860.1110
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.15040.1720
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.17570.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.17860.2160
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.18720.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.18880.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.19010.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.19580.2760
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2419n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.16320.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.16700.1920
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.16990.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.16990.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.17150.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.17250.2020
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.17280.2080
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.17570.2120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.15040.1720
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.15040.1720
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