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m5a.12xlarge

Part of the M5A General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.55th Generation5 = 5th GenerationAWS 5th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 7571 (x86_64). Powered by AMD EPYC x86_64 processors, delivering high core counts and cost-effective compute performance.12xlarge12 Extra Large12xlarge = 12 Extra Large48 vCPUs • 192 GB RAM • EBS only • 10 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$1.3330/ hr
~$973.09/mo
Compute
48vCPUs
24 cores • x86_64
Memory
192GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0278/ vCPU-hr
$0.0069/GB-hr
Network
10 Gbps
Baseline: 10 Gbps
Storage & EBS
847.5MB/s
Max: 30,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads48 vCPUs
Physical Cores24
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score630,749
CoreMark / vCPU13,140.6 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding117 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar473,180 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0278
Cost per GB-hr$0.0069

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks60 tasks
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance10 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth10 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput847.5 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput847.5 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS30,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS30,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput5000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor96
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2018-11-06

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$1.3330/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$3.3120/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$2.4034/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
18regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 18 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Lowest
$1.3330
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$2.5440
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$2.5920
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$2.5920
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$2.6880
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$2.6160
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$2.6160
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$2.3040
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$2.4960
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$2.3040
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$2.4000
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$2.4240
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$2.4240
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$3.3120
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$2.0640
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$2.0640
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$2.4240
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$2.0640