m5.12xlargevsm5zn.12xlarge

m5.12xlarge is 42% cheaper than m5zn.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,211.87 a month.

At a glancem5.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge
On-demand$2.304/hr42% less$3.964/hr
Lowest rate$0.4515/hr63% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.214/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
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.

Optionm5.12xlargem5zn.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge vs m5.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.304$3.964▲ 72%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.451569% off$1.214▲ 169%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.45237% off$2.497▲ 72%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.99557% off$1.712▲ 72%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.69324% off$2.997▲ 77%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.16848% off$2.055▲ 76%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.304 vs $3.964 per hour
42% cheaper
Where m5zn.12xlarge leads
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
8.3× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
2× higher
Clock speed4.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
45% higher

Specs

18 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz4.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz4.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU168–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking6 of 8 differm5.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge
Network10 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces815
IPv4 addresses per interface3050
Storage7 of 11 differm5.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput7000 Mbps19000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00080,000
EBS max IOPS40,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.12xlargem5zn.12xlarge
Familym5m5zn
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.

Regionm5.12xlargem5zn.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.304$3.964▲ 72%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.304$3.964▲ 72%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.304$3.964▲ 72%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.568$4.418▲ 72%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.688$4.625▲ 72%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.76$4.749▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.832$4.872▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.88$4.956▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.88$4.956▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.976$5.12▲ 72%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.672$6.318▲ 72%

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