m4.4xlargevsm5.4xlarge

m5.4xlarge is 4% cheaper than m4.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $23.36 a month.

At a glancem4.4xlargem5.4xlarge
On-demand$0.8/hr$0.768/hr4% less
Lowest rate$0.1749/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.16/hr9% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
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.

Optionm4.4xlargem5.4xlargem5.4xlarge vs m4.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.8$0.768▼ 4%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.174979% off$0.16▼ 9%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.495637% off$0.484▼ 2%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.345657% off$0.332▼ 4%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment29% off$0.569927% off$0.564▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.397449% off$0.389▼ 2%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m4.4xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where m5.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.768 vs $0.8 per hour
4% cheaper
Network baseline5 Gbps vs 2 Gbps
2.5× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 2,000 Mbps
2.4× higher
ECU70 vs 53.5
31% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differm4.4xlargem5.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU53.570
MemoryAll 1 matchm4.4xlargem5.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differm4.4xlargem5.4xlarge
NetworkHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline2 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage9 of 11 differm4.4xlargem5.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput2000 Mbps2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,000 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput250 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput250 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,00018,750
EBS max IOPS16,00018,750
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differm4.4xlargem5.4xlarge
Familym4m5
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m4.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm4.4xlargem5.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.8$0.768▼ 4%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.8$0.768▼ 4%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.8$0.768▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.84$0.808▼ 4%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.888$0.856▼ 4%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.888$0.856▼ 4%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.928$0.888▼ 4%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.936$0.896▼ 4%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.96$0.92▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.984$0.944▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.00$0.96▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.00$0.96▼ 4%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.008$0.968▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.032$0.992▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.032$0.992▼ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.272$1.224▼ 4%

Keep exploring

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

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