m7a.2xlarge vs m5zn.2xlarge

Instance Typem7a.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
2xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
2xlarge – Size
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB32 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core12
Accelerators
GPUnono
Inference Acceleratornono
FPGAnono
Instances
Sizesm7a.12xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m7a.24xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m7a.32xlarge, m7a.48xlarge, m7a.4xlarge, m7a.8xlarge, m7a.large, m7a.medium, m7a.metal-48xl, m7a.xlargem5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.2xlarge, m6a.2xlarge, m7a.2xlarge, m8a.2xlarge
Variantsm7g.2xlarge, m7gd.2xlarge, m7i-flex.2xlarge, m7i.2xlargem5.2xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5ad.2xlarge, m5d.2xlarge, m5dn.2xlarge, m5n.2xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBps3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth2500 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput312.5 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance12000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 12500 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
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 Diff1.00x1.52x

Regional Prices

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m7a.2xlarge
m5zn.2xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.49260.7364
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.51680.7708
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.51680.7914
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.53610.8120
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.55540.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.57960.8260
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.59890.8534
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0530
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.46370.6607
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.46370.6607
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.46370.6607
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