m8a.xlarge vs m5zn.xlarge

Instance Typem8a.xlargem5zn.xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

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

m – Multi purpose
5 – Generation
z – High performance
n – Network and EBS optimized
xlarge – Size
vCPUs44
Memory16 GiB16 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Clock Speed4.5 GHz4.5 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.xlargem5zn.12xlarge, m5zn.2xlarge, m5zn.3xlarge, m5zn.6xlarge, m5zn.large, m5zn.metal, m5zn.xlarge
Generationsm5a.xlarge, m6a.xlarge, m7a.xlarge, m8a.xlarge
Variantsm8azn.xlarge, m8g.xlarge, m8gb.xlarge, m8gd.xlarge, m8gn.xlarge, m8i-flex.xlarge, m8i.xlarge, m8ib.xlarge, m8id.xlarge, m8idb.xlarge, m8idn.xlarge, m8in.xlarge, m8ine.xlargem5.xlarge, m5a.xlarge, m5ad.xlarge, m5d.xlarge, m5dn.xlarge, m5n.xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationyesno
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 10000 MBpsup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth1250 Mbps1564 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput156.25 Mbps195.5 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance6000 IOPS6667 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance40000 IOPS13333 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth10000 Mbps3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput1250 Mbps396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 15000 MegabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces44
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface2015
IPv6 Addresses per Interface2015
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportnono
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.46x

Regional Prices

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Per Hour
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Geography
Region
m8a.xlarge
m5zn.xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.25610.3682
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.25610.3854
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.27130.3957
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.27130.4060
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.29160.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.30680.4130
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.31440.4267
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.5265
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)0.24340.3303
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)0.24340.3303
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)0.24340.3303
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