m4.largevsm5.large

m5.large is 4% cheaper than m4.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2.92 a month.

At a glancem4.largem5.large
On-demand$0.1/hr$0.096/hr4% less
Lowest rate$0.0299/hr20% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0374/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem5.largem5.large vs m4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1$0.096▼ 4%
SpotCan be interrupted70% off$0.029961% off$0.0374▲ 25%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.06238% off$0.06▼ 3%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.043257% off$0.041▼ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment29% off$0.071226% off$0.071Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.049749% off$0.049▼ 1%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m4.large leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where m5.large leads
On-demand price$0.096 vs $0.1 per hour
4% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 450 Mbps
10.6× higher
Network peak10 Gbps vs 1.2 Gbps
8.3× higher
ECU10 vs 6.5
54% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differm4.largem5.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU6.510
MemoryAll 1 matchm4.largem5.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking5 of 8 differm4.largem5.large
NetworkModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.45 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces23
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage8 of 11 differm4.largem5.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput450 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth450 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth450 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput56.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput56.25 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS3,60018,750
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details3 of 10 differm4.largem5.large
Familym4m5
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m4.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm4.largem5.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1$0.096▼ 4%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1$0.096▼ 4%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1$0.096▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.105$0.101▼ 4%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.111$0.107▼ 4%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.111$0.107▼ 4%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.116$0.111▼ 4%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.117$0.112▼ 4%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.12$0.115▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.123$0.118▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.125$0.12▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.125$0.12▼ 4%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.126$0.121▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.129$0.124▼ 4%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.129$0.124▼ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.159$0.153▼ 4%

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