m5.16xlargevsm5dn.16xlarge

m5.16xlarge is 29% cheaper than m5dn.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $934.40 a month.

At a glancem5.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
On-demand$3.072/hr29% less$4.352/hr
Lowest rate$0.5537/hr43% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9749/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 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.

Optionm5.16xlargem5dn.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge vs m5.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.072$4.352▲ 42%
SpotCan be interrupted82% off$0.553778% off$0.9749▲ 76%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.93537% off$2.742▲ 42%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.32761% off$1.692▲ 28%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.25727% off$3.18▲ 41%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$1.55855% off$1.946▲ 25%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.072 vs $4.352 per hour
29% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 23
17% higher
Where m5dn.16xlarge leads
Network baseline75 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
3.8× higher

Specs

10 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differm5.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
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
ECU256–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 8 differm5.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
Network20 Gigabit75 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage3 of 12 differm5.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
StorageEBS only4 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks–4 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,600 Mbps13,600 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,600 Mbps13,600 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,700 MB/s1,700 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,700 MB/s1,700 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2723
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.16xlargem5dn.16xlarge
Familym5m5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
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 m5.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.16xlargem5dn.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.072$4.352▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.072$4.352▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.072$4.352▲ 42%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.424$4.864▲ 42%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.68$5.184▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.84$5.344▲ 39%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$3.872$5.472▲ 41%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.872$5.472▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.968$5.60▲ 41%

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