c5n.metalvsm5n.metal

c5n.metal is 32% cheaper than m5n.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,331.52 a month. Per vCPU, c5n.metal costs 9% less.

At a glancec5n.metalm5n.metal
On-demand$3.888/hr32% less$5.712/hr
Lowest rate$1.023/hr11% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.15/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size72 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc5n.metalm5n.metalm5n.metal vs c5n.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$3.888$5.712▲ 47%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$1.02380% off$1.15▲ 12%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.44937% off$3.599▲ 47%
3-yr reservedNo upfront64% off$1.41261% off$2.202▲ 56%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.81727% off$4.168▲ 48%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment58% off$1.62656% off$2.529▲ 56%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5n.metal leads
On-demand price$3.888 vs $5.712 per hour
32% cheaper
Sustained clock3.4 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
10% higher
Where m5n.metal leads
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher
vCPUs96 vs 72
33% higher

Specs

10 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 10 differc5n.metalm5n.metal
vCPUs7296
Physical cores3648
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8124MIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo–
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differc5n.metalm5n.metal
Memory (GiB)192384
NetworkingAll 8 matchc5n.metalm5n.metal
Network100 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 11 matchc5n.metalm5n.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps14000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details3 of 9 differc5n.metalm5n.metal
Familyc5nm5n
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor144192
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5n.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5n.metalm5n.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.888$5.712▲ 47%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.888$5.712▲ 47%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.888$5.712▲ 47%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.392$6.384▲ 45%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.428$6.768▲ 53%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.464$7.008▲ 57%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.68$7.152▲ 53%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.68$7.152▲ 53%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.896$7.344▲ 50%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c5n.metalCompute optimized, c5n family
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Compare c5n.metal with

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m5n.metal prices and specsEvery size in the m5n family

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.