m7i.xlarge vs m5n.xlarge

Instance Typem7i.xlargem5n.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
i – Intel processor
xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Clock Speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Threads Per Core22
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7i.12xlarge, m7i.16xlarge, m7i.24xlarge, m7i.2xlarge, m7i.48xlarge, m7i.4xlarge, m7i.8xlarge, m7i.large, m7i.metal-24xl, m7i.metal-48xl, m7i.xlargem5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.large, m5n.metal, m5n.xlarge
Generationsm6i.xlarge, m7i.xlarge, m8i.xlargem5n.xlarge, m6in.xlarge, m8in.xlarge
Variantsm7a.xlarge, m7g.xlarge, m7gd.xlarge, m7i-flex.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5zn.xlarge
SageMakerml.m7i.xlarge
RDSdb.m7i.xlarge
OpenSearchm7i.xlarge.search
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 Bandwidth1250 Mbps1150 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps143.75 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS18750 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps4750 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps593.75 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesno
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Addresses per Interface1515
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.14x

Regional Prices

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m7i.xlarge
m5n.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.21170.2660
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.2331n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.2344n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.2352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.2352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.2352n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.2359n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.2415n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.2472n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.21210.2820
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.2520n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.2541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.2541n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.2604n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.2604n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.2646n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.2656n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.2667n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.21210.2920
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.2772n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.3213n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.21420.2980
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.21420.2980
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.21420.3060
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.2247n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.2247n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.2247n/a
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.20160.2380
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.20160.2380
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.20160.2380
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