m5.12xlargevsm5dn.12xlarge

m5.12xlarge is 29% cheaper than m5dn.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $700.80 a month.

At a glancem5.12xlargem5dn.12xlarge
On-demand$2.304/hr29% less$3.264/hr
Lowest rate$0.4515/hr51% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9127/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel 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.

Optionm5.12xlargem5dn.12xlargem5dn.12xlarge vs m5.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.304$3.264▲ 42%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.451572% off$0.9127▲ 102%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.45237% off$2.056▲ 42%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.99561% off$1.269▲ 28%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.69327% off$2.385▲ 41%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.16855% off$1.459▲ 25%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.304 vs $3.264 per hour
29% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 25
8% higher
Where m5dn.12xlarge leads
Network baseline50 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
4.2× higher

Specs

10 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differm5.12xlargem5dn.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo–
BurstableNoNo
ECU168–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.12xlargem5dn.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking3 of 8 differm5.12xlargem5dn.12xlarge
Network10 Gigabit50 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage3 of 12 differm5.12xlargem5dn.12xlarge
StorageEBS only2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput7000 Mbps7000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2725
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.12xlargem5dn.12xlarge
Familym5m5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.12xlargem5dn.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.304$3.264▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.304$3.264▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.304$3.264▲ 42%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.568$3.648▲ 42%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.76$3.888▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.88$4.008▲ 39%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.904$4.104▲ 41%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.904$4.104▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.976$4.20▲ 41%

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