m5ad.large vs r8a.large

Instance Typem5ad.larger8a.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
High-performance databases, data mining/analysis, in-memory databases, distributed large-scale caches, real-time processing apps for unstructured big data, Hadoop/Spark clusters, and other enterprise apps.

rRAM / memory optimized
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed2.2 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core21
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarger8a.12xlarge, r8a.16xlarge, r8a.24xlarge, r8a.2xlarge, r8a.48xlarge, r8a.4xlarge, r8a.8xlarge, r8a.large, r8a.medium, r8a.metal-24xl, r8a.metal-48xl, r8a.xlarge
Generationsr5a.large, r6a.large, r7a.large, r8a.large
Variantsm5.large, m5a.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.larger8g.large, r8gb.large, r8gd.large, r8gn.large, r8i-flex.large, r8i.large, r8ib.large, r8id.large, r8idb.large, r8idn.large, r8in.large
RDSdb.r8a.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
Instance Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance16000 IOPS40000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps10000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput360 Mbps1250 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 15000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1020
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnoyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.46x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
m5ad.large
r8a.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.0670n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.10300.1788
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.1300n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.1310n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.1340n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.1650n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.11500.1788
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.11500.1927
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.12000.1927
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.1220n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1250n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.1270n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.1290n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.10300.1598
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.10300.1598
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a0.1598
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