m7a.16xlarge vs m8a.16xlarge

Instance Typem7a.16xlargem8a.16xlarge
Instance FamilyGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
DetailsSmall to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
7 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
Small to medium size databases, data processing, caching, backends.

m – Multi purpose
8 – Generation
a – AMD processor
16xlarge – Size
vCPUs6464
Memory256 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R45 Processor
Clock Speed3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Threads Per Core11
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.xlargem8a.12xlarge, m8a.16xlarge, m8a.24xlarge, m8a.2xlarge, m8a.48xlarge, m8a.4xlarge, m8a.8xlarge, m8a.large, m8a.medium, m8a.metal-24xl, m8a.metal-48xl, m8a.xlarge
Generationsm5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlargem5a.16xlarge, m6a.16xlarge, m7a.16xlarge, m8a.16xlarge
Variantsm7g.16xlarge, m7gd.16xlarge, m7i-flex.16xlarge, m7i.16xlargem8g.16xlarge, m8gb.16xlarge, m8gd.16xlarge, m8gn.16xlarge, m8i-flex.16xlarge, m8i.16xlarge, m8ib.16xlarge, m8id.16xlarge, m8idb.16xlarge, m8idn.16xlarge, m8in.16xlarge
RDSdb.m8a.16xlarge
Free Tiernono
Burstablenono
Hibernationnono
Instance StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefaultdefault
Encryptionsupportedsupported
NVMerequiredrequired
Dedicated Throughput20000 MBps20000 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance80000 IOPS80000 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth20000 Mbps20000 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput2500 Mbps2500 Mbps
Networking
Networking Performance25000 Megabit30000 Megabit
Enhanced Networkingyesyes
Max Interfaces1516
Max Cards11
IPv4 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Addresses per Interface5064
IPv6 Supportyesyes
ENA Supportrequiredrequired
EFA Supportnono
Encryption in Transit Supportyesyes
ENA SRD Supportyesyes
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.04x

Regional Prices

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Geography
Region
m7a.16xlarge
m8a.16xlarge
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)3.94114.0976
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)4.13444.0979
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)4.13444.3411
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)4.28904.3411
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)4.44354.6656
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)4.63684.9091
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)4.79145.0310
USUS East (Ohio) (us-east-2)3.70943.8950
USUS East (Virginia) (us-east-1)3.70943.8950
USUS West (Oregon) (us-west-2)3.70943.8950
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