The m5ad.8xlarge is a aws ec2 instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for ec2 workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Memory | 128 GiB |
| Physical Processor | AMD EPYC 7571 |
| Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| GPU Memory | NA |
| Network | Value |
| Network Performance | Up to 10 Gigabit |
| Enhanced Networking | Yes |
| Storage | Value |
| Storage | 2 x 600 NVMe SSD |
| EBS Throughput | 3500 Mbps |
| Amazon | Value |
| Current Generation | Yes |
| Instance Type | m5ad.8xlarge |
| Family | General purpose |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| m5ad.large | 2 | 8 |
| m5ad.xlarge | 4 | 16 |
| m5ad.2xlarge | 8 | 32 |
| m5ad.4xlarge | 16 | 64 |
| m5ad.8xlarge | 32 | 128 |
| m5ad.12xlarge | 48 | 192 |
| m5ad.16xlarge | 64 | 256 |
| m5ad.24xlarge | 96 | 384 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| r8a.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| r8g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| g6.8xlarge | 32 | 128 GiB |
| i8g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 GiB |
| hpc7g.8xlarge | 32 | 128 GiB |

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