m5a.large

Amazon EC2 · M5a family

The m5a.large is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 7571 with up to 10 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.056 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64amd
vCPUs
2

dedicated

memory
8 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
AMD

2.5 GHz

on-demand
$0.086

$62.78/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.0429

−50% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.054

−37% vs on-demand

m5a.large price by region

18 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1cheapestAsia$0.056$0.0273$0.035$0.024
US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1referenceNorth America$0.086$0.0429$0.054$0.037
US East (Ohio)us-east-2North America$0.086$0.0397$0.054$0.037
US West (Oregon)us-west-2North America$0.086$0.0357$0.054$0.037
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$0.096$0.0406$0.06$0.041
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.096$0.0472$0.06$0.041
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$0.10$0.0408$0.063$0.043
EU (Milan)eu-south-1Europe$0.101$0.0268$0.064$0.044
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$0.101$0.0394$0.064$0.044
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.101$0.0483$0.064$0.044
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.104$0.051$0.066$0.045
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.106$0.0382$0.066$0.046
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.108$0.0482$0.068$0.047
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.108$0.0482$0.068$0.047
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$0.109–$0.069$0.047
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.109–$0.069$0.047
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.112$0.0463$0.071$0.048
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.138$0.0568$0.081$0.06

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
2
Memory
8 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC 7571
CPU vendor
AMD
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
2.5 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
Network storage only
Storage detail
EBS only
Network
Up to 10 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
10 Gbps

aws details

API name
m5a.large
Family
M5a
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
18 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) · $0.056/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 2120 Mbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
4
Processor features
AVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
10-15%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
55%

m5a.large equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs m5a.large
AWSm5a.large28 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.086–
AzureD2as v528 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.0860%
DC2as v528 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.0860%
Google Cloude2-standard-228 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.067-22%
n2d-standard-228 GiBAMD Milan, AMD Rome$0.0845-2%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 8x228 GiBAMD EPYC$0.11+28%
Dedicated 4GB4 GiB (2× less)24 GiBAMD EPYC$0.054-37%
Vultrvx1-g-2c-8g28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.06-30%
vx1-g-2c-8g-120s28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.076-12%

M5a family sizes

all about M5a→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
m5a.large28 GiB–$0.086$62.78$0.0429$0.054
m5a.xlarge416 GiB–$0.172$126$0.0777$0.108
m5a.2xlarge832 GiB–$0.344$251$0.1773$0.217
m5a.4xlarge1664 GiB–$0.688$502$0.32$0.433
m5a.8xlarge32128 GiB–$1.376$1,004$0.6577$0.867
m5a.12xlarge48192 GiB–$2.064$1,507$0.8912$1.30
m5a.16xlarge64256 GiB–$2.752$2,009$1.105$1.734
m5a.24xlarge96384 GiB–$4.128$3,013$1.836$2.601

Similar instance types on AWS

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m5a.large FAQ

How much does m5a.large cost?

m5a.large costs $0.086 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $62.78 per month. Across 18 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.056 in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) to $0.138 in South America (Sao Paulo). Spot capacity costs $0.0429 per hour (50% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.054 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.178 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m5a.large have?

m5a.large has 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 7571. It is a general purpose instance type in the M5a family.

What is the cheapest region for m5a.large?

Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) at $0.056 per hour for Linux on demand, 35% less than US East (N. Virginia). m5a.large is sold in 18 AWS regions.

What are the equivalents of m5a.large on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D2as v5 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.086/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.067/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 8x2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.11/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-2c-8g (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.06/hour in New Jersey).