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m5a.large

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.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 8 GB RAM • EBS only • Up to 10 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0560/ hr
~$40.88/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
8GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0280/ vCPU-hr
$0.0070/GB-hr
Network
Up to 10 Gbps
Baseline: 0.75 Gbps
Storage & EBS
360MB/s
Max: 16,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score26,516
CoreMark / vCPU13,258.2 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding10 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar473,500 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0280
Cost per GB-hr$0.0070

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods29 pods
Max ECS Tasks10 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI10
Total Addressable IPs30 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth0.75 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 Throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput360 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS3,600
EBS Max / Burst IOPS16,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2120 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor4
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2018-11-06

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0560/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.1380/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.1002/ 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
$0.0560
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.1060
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.1080
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.1080
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.1120
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.1090
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.1090
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.0960
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.1040
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.0960
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.1000
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$0.1010
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.1010
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.1380
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
$0.0860
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
$0.0860
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.1010
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
$0.0860