Benchmarks for m5a.large (AWS)
Individual CPU benchmark results for the AWS EC2 instance type m5a.large. The table displays the single-threaded CPU speed as reported by the
Passmark benchmark tool, as well as the on-demand, spot pricing, and spot
interruption percentage.
See the benchmarks for all EC2 instances.
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EC2 Instance family: m5a
The Amazon EC2 m5a instance type is a general-purpose instance powered by AMD EPYC 7000 series processors, specifically the AMD EPYC 7571, which features an all-core turbo clock speed of 2.5 GHz. These instances are designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources for a broad range of workloads. A key feature of the m5a instances is their cost-effectiveness, offering up to a 10% cost savings compared to similar Intel-based M5 instances. They also provide up to 20 Gbps of network bandwidth with Enhanced Networking and leverage the AWS Nitro System, which combines dedicated hardware with a lightweight hypervisor. While m5a instances support Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS), a variant, the m5ad, also comes with local NVMe-based SSDs physically attached to the host server for block-level storage that persists throughout the instance's lifetime.
The EC2 m5a instances were released on November 6, 2018, introducing new instances featuring AMD EPYC processors to the Amazon EC2 lineup. These instances are suitable for various use cases, including small to medium-sized databases, data processing tasks requiring additional memory, caching fleets, and backend servers for applications like Microsoft SharePoint and SAP, as well as cluster computing environments. They fall under the General Purpose instance family, signifying their versatility for diverse workloads that require consistent and balanced CPU, RAM, and networking capacity.
Results
This benchmark has been generated using the m5a.large instance type.
Results are averaged over many days (you can mouse over the sparline to get more
details).
ðšðļ North Virginia (us-east-1)
| Family | Instance type | Processor | CPU speed (avg) | $/hour on-demand | $/hour spot (avg) | Spot savings over on-demand | Spot % interruption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m5a | m5a.large | AMD EPYC 7571 (x86_64) | 1402 | 0.0860 | 0.0356 | 58% | 10-15% |
ðšðļ Oregon (us-west-2)
| Family | Instance type | Processor | CPU speed (avg) | $/hour on-demand | $/hour spot (avg) | Spot savings over on-demand | Spot % interruption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m5a | m5a.large | AMD EPYC 7571 (x86_64) | 1402 | 0.0860 | 0.0333 | 64% | 5-10% |
ðŪðŠ Ireland (eu-west-1)
| Family | Instance type | Processor | CPU speed (avg) | $/hour on-demand | $/hour spot (avg) | Spot savings over on-demand | Spot % interruption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m5a | m5a.large | AMD EPYC 7571 (x86_64) | 1402 | 0.0960 | 0.0549 | 43% | <5% |
ðĐðŠ Frankfurt (eu-central-1)
| Family | Instance type | Processor | CPU speed (avg) | $/hour on-demand | $/hour spot (avg) | Spot savings over on-demand | Spot % interruption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m5a | m5a.large | AMD EPYC 7571 (x86_64) | 1402 | 0.1040 | 0.0542 | 51% | 5-10% |
About those benchmarks
Benchmarks are performed using the Passmark benchmarking tool, using the CPU Single Threaded metric.