m6a.8xlarge vs m5n.8xlarge

Instance Typem6a.8xlargem5n.8xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

mMulti purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
8xlarge – Size
vCPUs3232
Memory128 GiB128 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.8xlarge, m6a.8xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m8a.8xlargem5n.8xlarge, m6in.8xlarge
Variantsm6g.8xlarge, m6gd.8xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6id.8xlarge, m6idn.8xlarge, m6in.8xlargem5.8xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5ad.8xlarge, m5d.8xlarge, m5dn.8xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput6667 MBps5000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth10000 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput1250 Mbps850 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance40000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS30000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps6800 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps850 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance12500 Megabit25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces88
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Addresses per Interface3030
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.42x

Regional Prices

Geography
Region
m6a.8xlarge
m5n.8xlarge
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)0.8888n/a
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)0.8888n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)1.38242.1280
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)1.7280n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)1.7856n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)2.2032n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)1.38242.2560
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)1.54082.3360
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)1.54082.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)1.59842.3840
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)1.61282.4480
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)1.6128n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)1.6560n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)n/a1.9040
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)1.38241.9040
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)n/a1.9040
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