m8a.16xlarge vs m5n.16xlarge

Instance Typem8a.16xlargem5n.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
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.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, m8in.16xlarge
Variantsm8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlargem5.16xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5ad.16xlarge, m5d.16xlarge, m5dn.16xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 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 Performance30000 Megabit75 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces1615
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Addresses per Interface6450
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesno
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

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m8a.16xlarge
m5n.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)4.09764.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.09794.5120
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.34114.6720
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.34114.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.66564.7680
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.90914.8960
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)5.0310n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.89503.8080
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.89503.8080
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.89503.8080
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