m8a.4xlarge vs m5d.4xlarge

Instance Typem8a.4xlargem5d.4xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
4xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
d – Instance store volume
4xlarge – Size
vCPUs1616
Memory64 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed4.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlargem5d.12xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5d.large, m5d.metal, m5d.xlarge
Generationsm5a.4xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m8a.4xlargem5d.4xlarge, m6id.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge
Variantsm8g.4xlarge, m8gb.4xlarge, m8gd.4xlarge, m8gn.4xlarge, m8i-flex.4xlarge, m8i.4xlarge, m8ib.4xlarge, m8id.4xlarge, m8idb.4xlarge, m8idn.4xlarge, m8in.4xlarge, m8ine.4xlargem5.4xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5ad.4xlarge, m5dn.4xlarge, m5n.4xlarge
SageMakerml.m5d.4xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.4xlargedb.m5d.4xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units70
Instance StorageEBS only2 x 300 NVMe SSD
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps2120 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth5000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput625 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance20000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface4030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesno
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.00x

Regional Prices

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m8a.4xlarge
m5d.4xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.02440.9600
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.0560
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.0580
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.0640
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.0880
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.1090
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.1090
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.1120
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.02450.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.1360
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.1440
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.1970
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.2000
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.2400
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.4400
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.08530.9760
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.08531.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.16641.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.22731.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.25781.0080
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0480
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.0560
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.97380.9040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.97380.9040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.97380.9040
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