t3a.largevsm5a.large

t3a.large is 13% cheaper than m5a.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7.88 a month.

At a glancet3a.largem5a.large
On-demand$0.0752/hr13% less$0.086/hr
Lowest rate$0.0217/hr32% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0317/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
Architecturex86_64x86_64
CPUBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idleFull CPUSteady performance, no credits to manage

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiont3a.largem5a.largem5a.large vs t3a.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.0752$0.086▲ 14%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.021763% off$0.0317▲ 46%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.047137% off$0.054▲ 15%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.032557% off$0.037▲ 14%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.054227% off$0.063▲ 16%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.037450% off$0.043▲ 15%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t3a.large leads
On-demand price$0.0752 vs $0.086 per hour
13% cheaper
CPU modelEarns credits while idle, then bursts
Burstable
IPv4 addresses per interface12 vs 10
20% higher
EBS baseline IOPS4,000 vs 3,600
11% higher
Where m5a.large leads
CPU modelSteady performance, no credits to manage
Full CPU
Network peak10 Gbps vs 5 Gbps
2× higher
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
14% higher
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps vs 2,780 Mbps
4% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 10 differt3a.largem5a.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.2 GHz2.5 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD TurboAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableYesNo
MemoryAll 1 matcht3a.largem5a.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking4 of 8 differt3a.largem5a.large
NetworkUp to 5 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.512 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak5 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1210
Storage7 of 11 differt3a.largem5a.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2780 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth695 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,780 Mbps2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput86.875 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput347.5 MB/s360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0003,600
EBS max IOPS15,70016,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differt3a.largem5a.large
Familyt3am5a
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsPartition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for t3a.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regiont3a.largem5a.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.0493$0.056▲ 14%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.0752$0.086▲ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.0752$0.086▲ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.0752$0.086▲ 14%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.0816$0.096▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.0835$0.096▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.085$0.1▲ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.085$0.101▲ 19%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.0862$0.101▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.0864$0.104▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0878$0.109▲ 24%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0878$0.109▲ 24%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.0893$0.101▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.0936$0.106▲ 13%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.0944$0.108▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.095$0.108▲ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.0979$0.112▲ 14%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.121$0.138▲ 14%

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