t3a.large vs m5ad.large

Instance Typet3a.largem5ad.large
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
large – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
d – Instance store volume
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
Clock Speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizest3a.2xlarge, t3a.large, t3a.medium, t3a.micro, t3a.nano, t3a.small, t3a.xlargem5ad.12xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5ad.24xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5ad.large, m5ad.xlarge
Variantst3.largem5.large, m5a.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.large
Free Tiernono
Burstableyesno
Hibernationyesyes
Instance StorageEBS only1 x 75 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2780 MBpsup to 2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth695 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput86.875 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance4000 IOPS3600 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 Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1210
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1210
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.39x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
Shared Tenancy
On Demand
Geography
Region
t3a.large
m5ad.large
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.04930.0670
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.07520.1030
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.08780.1300
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.08930.1310
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.09360.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.09440.1650
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.0950n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.0979n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.1210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.08160.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.08350.1150
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.08500.1200
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.08500.1210
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.08580.1220
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.08620.1250
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.08640.1270
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.08780.1290
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.07520.1030
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.07520.1030
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