The short answer
- almalinux:10-minimal is 80 MB smaller unpacked on amd64 (76 MB vs 156 MB, 51% less).
- As a download, almalinux:10-minimal is 31 MB compressed against 55 MB for amazonlinux:2023: 1.8× less to pull.
- amazonlinux:2023 has fewer known vulnerabilities: 18 (15 critical or high) against 51 (16 critical or high) in almalinux:10-minimal.
- 18 of amazonlinux:2023's 18 findings have a fixed version available upstream.
- 51 of almalinux:10-minimal's 51 findings have a fixed version available upstream.
- Base OS: amazonlinux:2023 is built on Amazon Linux 2023.12.20261021; almalinux:10-minimal on AlmaLinux 10.2.
- Packages detected: 106 in amazonlinux:2023, 84 in almalinux:10-minimal.
- Filesystem layers: 1 vs 1.
- Platforms: only almalinux:10-minimal ships i386, ppc64le, s390x.
| amazonlinux:2023 | almalinux:10-minimal | |
|---|---|---|
| Download, amd64 | 55 MB | 31 MB |
| Unpacked, amd64 | 156 MB | 76 MB |
| Download, arm64 | 54 MB | 30 MB |
| Base OS | Amazon Linux 2023.12.20261021 | AlmaLinux 10.2 |
| Layers | 1 | 1 |
| Packages | 106 | 84 |
| Files | 5,166 | 1,050 |
| Known vulnerabilities | H 15M 3 | C 1H 15M 35 |
| Default user | root | root |
| Platforms | 2 | 5 |
| Last pushed | 9 days ago | 5 days ago |
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Highlighted cells are lower (smaller or fewer). Sizes from Docker Hub checked 2026-11-01; measurements and SBOMs from 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-26; vulnerability database 2026-11-01. Methodology.