m5a.16xlargevsm6a.16xlarge

m5a.16xlarge is 0% cheaper than m6a.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $9.34 a month.

At a glancem5a.16xlargem6a.16xlarge
On-demand$2.752/hr0% less$2.765/hr
Lowest rate$0.6116/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.7795/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionm5a.16xlargem6a.16xlargem6a.16xlarge vs m5a.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.752$2.765Same
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.611672% off$0.7795▲ 27%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.73434% off$1.829▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.18955% off$1.254▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.01427% off$2.031▲ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.39149% off$1.402▲ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5a.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.752 vs $2.765 per hour
0% cheaper
Where m6a.16xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
2.1× higher
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
2.1× higher
Clock speed3.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
44% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm5a.16xlargem6a.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD TurboAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm5a.16xlargem6a.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 8 differm5a.16xlargem6a.16xlarge
Network12 Gigabit25000 Megabit
Network baseline12 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differm5a.16xlargem6a.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput7000 Mbps13333 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00080,000
EBS max IOPS40,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5a.16xlargem6a.16xlarge
Familym5am6a
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5a.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5a.16xlargem6a.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.778$1.778Same
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.752$2.765Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.752$2.765Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.752$2.765Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.072$3.082Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.072$3.082Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.20$3.197Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$3.232$3.226Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.232$3.226Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.232$3.226Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.328$3.312Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.456$3.456Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.456$3.456Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.584$3.571Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.416$4.406Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

m5a.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m5a family
m5a.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5a family

Compare m5a.16xlarge with

c5a.16xlargem5.16xlargem5ad.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
m6a.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m6a family
m6a.16xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6a family

Compare m6a.16xlarge with

m6g.16xlargem6i.16xlargec6a.16xlarger6a.16xlargem7a.16xlarge

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.