m5d.large vs r5.large

Instance Typem5d.larger5.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeMemory optimized
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
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.

r – RAM / memory optimized
5 – Generation
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
Clock Speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm5d.12xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5d.24xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5d.4xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5d.large, m5d.metal, m5d.xlarger5.12xlarge, r5.16xlarge, r5.24xlarge, r5.2xlarge, r5.4xlarge, r5.8xlarge, r5.large, r5.metal, r5.xlarge
Generationsm5d.large, m6id.large, m8id.larger3.large, r4.large, r5.large, r6i.large, r7i.large, r8i.large
Variantsm5.large, m5a.large, m5ad.large, m5dn.large, m5n.large, m5zn.larger5a.large, r5ad.large, r5b.large, r5d.large, r5dn.large, r5n.large
SageMakerml.m5d.largeml.r5.large
RDSdb.m5d.largedb.r5.large, db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x
DocumentDBdb.r5.large
OpenSearchr5.large.search
ElastiCachecache.r5.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesyes
EC2 Compute Units1010
Instance Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSDEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 2120 MBpsup to 4750 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance18750 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth4750 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput593.75 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportnono
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.09x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
Linux
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On Demand
Geography
Region
m5d.large
r5.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.12000.1300
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.13200.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.13200.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.13300.1480
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.13600.1510
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.13900.1510
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.13900.1510
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.13900.1510
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.14100.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.14100.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.14200.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12200.1300
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.14200.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.14300.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.14300.1520
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.14600.1550
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.14600.1550
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.15000.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.15000.1670
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.15500.1680
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.18000.2010
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.12200.1340
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.12600.1380
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.12600.1380
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.12600.1400
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.12600.1410
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.13100.1410
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.13200.1480
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.11300.1260
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.11300.1260
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.11300.1260
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