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m5a.24xlarge

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.24xlarge24 Extra Large24xlarge = 24 Extra Large96 vCPUs • 384 GB RAM • EBS only • 20 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$2.6660/ hr
~$1,946.18/mo
Compute
96vCPUs
48 cores • x86_64
Memory
384GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0278/ vCPU-hr
$0.0069/GB-hr
Network
20 Gbps
Baseline: 20 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,718.75MB/s
Max: 60,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads96 vCPUs
Physical Cores48
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score1,205,576
CoreMark / vCPU12,558.1 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding114 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar452,204 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0278
Cost per GB-hr$0.0069

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods737 pods
Max ECS Tasks120 tasks
Max ENIs15
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs750 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance20 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth20 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth20 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput1718.75 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1718.75 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS60,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS60,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput10000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor192
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2018-11-06

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$2.6660/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$6.6240/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$4.8068/ 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
$2.6660
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$5.0880
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$5.1840
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$5.1840
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$5.3760
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$5.2320
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$5.2320
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$4.6080
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$4.9920
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$4.6080
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$4.8000
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$4.8480
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$4.8480
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$6.6240
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$4.1280
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$4.1280
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$4.8480
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$4.1280