m8a.large vs m5n.large

Instance Typem8a.largem5n.large
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
large – Size
vCPUs22
Memory8 GiB8 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.large, m6a.large, m7a.large, m8a.largem5n.large, m6in.large, m8in.large
Variantsm8azn.large, m8g.large, m8gb.large, m8gd.large, m8gn.large, m8i-flex.large, m8i.large, m8ib.large, m8id.large, m8idb.large, m8idn.large, m8in.large, m8ine.largem5.large, m5a.large, m5ad.large, m5d.large, m5dn.large, m5zn.large
RDSdb.m8a.large
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 3500 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput81.25 Mbps81.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance3600 IOPS3600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces33
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2010
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

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Geography
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m8a.large
m5n.large
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.12810.1330
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.12810.1410
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.13570.1460
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.13570.1490
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.14580.1490
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.15340.1530
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.1572n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.12170.1190
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.12170.1190
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.12170.1190
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