m5ad.8xlarge vs m5d.8xlarge

Instance Typem5ad.8xlargem5d.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlargem5d.12xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5d.large, m5d.metal, m5d.xlarge
Generationsm5d.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m8id.8xlarge
Variantsm5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlargem5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge, m5n.8xlarge
SageMakerml.m5d.8xlarge
RDSdb.m5d.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units128
Instance Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD2 x 600 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput3500 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth4750 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput593.75 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance20000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps850 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.13x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m5ad.8xlarge
m5d.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.0740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.64801.9200
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)2.08002.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)2.09602.1170
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)2.14402.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.64002.1760
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.2180
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.2240
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.84001.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.2720
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.2880
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a2.3940
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a2.4000
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a2.4800
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a2.8800
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.84001.9520
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.92002.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.93602.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.95202.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)2.00002.0160
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)2.03202.0960
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)2.06402.1120
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)1.64801.8080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.64801.8080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.8080
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