Compare M5 vs M5A

Compare all instances in the M5 and M5A AWS EC2 instance families, including pricing, configurations, and performance.
m5.12xlarge-vs-m5a.12xlarge

M5 Family

Machine Configuration (m5.12xlarge)

Region
Currency
Pricing
Monthly Cost

$1681.9200

Hourly Cost

$2.3040

Reserved - 1 year

$989.0000 ($1.3548 per hour)

Reserved - 3 year

$632.3889 ($0.8663 per hour)

Compute
Value
vCPUs
48
Memory (Gib)
192.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
4
Clock Speed (GHz)
3.1
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
12 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
9500
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
1187.50
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
40000

M5A Family

Machine Configuration (m5a.12xlarge)

Region
Currency
Pricing
Monthly Cost

$1506.7200

Hourly Cost

$2.0640

Reserved - 1 year

$885.9167 ($1.2136 per hour)

Reserved - 3 year

$566.5278 ($0.7761 per hour)

Compute
Value
vCPUs
48
Memory (Gib)
192.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
4
Clock Speed (GHz)
2.5
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
10 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
6780
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
847.50
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
30000