m5ad.2xlarge vs p3.2xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.2xlargep3.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGPU instance
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
2xlarge – Size
GPU intensive tasks like machine/deep learning, high-performance computing

p – Performance / GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated
3 – Generation
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB61 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64n/a
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
Clock Speed2.2 GHz
Threads Per Core20
Accelerators
GPUnono
GPUs1
Inference Acceleratornono
Accelerator Memory16 GiB
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlargep3.16xlarge, p3.2xlarge, p3.8xlarge
Variantsm5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
EC2 Compute Units31
Instance Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBps1750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1580 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput197.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance8333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyesno
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x7.65x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.2xlarge
p3.2xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.2680n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.41203.3050
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5200n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5240n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5360n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.6600n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.46003.3660
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.46003.5890
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.48003.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.48403.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.48804.1940
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.50004.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.50804.2340
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.51604.2340
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.41203.0600
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.41203.0600
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.0600
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