m6a.16xlarge vs m5n.16xlarge

Instance Typem6a.16xlargem5n.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
6 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm6a.12xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m6a.24xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m6a.32xlarge, m6a.48xlarge, m6a.4xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m6a.large, m6a.metal, m6a.xlargem5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem5n.16xlarge, m6in.16xlarge
Variantsm6g.16xlarge, m6gd.16xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6id.16xlarge, m6idn.16xlarge, m6in.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput13333 MBps10000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS60000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps13600 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps1700 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1515
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5050
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.42x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m6a.16xlarge
m5n.16xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)1.7776n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)1.7776n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.76484.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)3.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)3.4560n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)3.5712n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)4.4064n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.76484.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)3.08164.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)3.08164.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)3.19684.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)3.22564.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)3.2256n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)3.3120n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a3.8080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)2.76483.8080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a3.8080
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