m5.2xlargevsm5zn.2xlarge

m5.2xlarge is 42% cheaper than m5zn.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $201.99 a month.

At a glancem5.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
On-demand$0.384/hr42% less$0.6607/hr
Lowest rate$0.129/hr35% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.197/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 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.

Optionm5.2xlargem5zn.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge vs m5.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.384$0.6607▲ 72%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.12970% off$0.197▲ 53%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.24237% off$0.4162▲ 72%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.16657% off$0.2854▲ 72%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.28224% off$0.4995▲ 77%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.19548% off$0.3425▲ 76%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.384 vs $0.6607 per hour
42% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 3,170 Mbps
50% higher
Where m5zn.2xlarge leads
Network baseline10 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
4× higher
Clock speed4.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
45% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth3,170 Mbps vs 2,300 Mbps
38% higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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
ECU37–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 8 differm5.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage7 of 11 differm5.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 Mbps3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps3,170 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s396.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00013,333
EBS max IOPS18,75013,333
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differm5.2xlargem5zn.2xlarge
Familym5m5zn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.2xlargem5zn.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.384$0.6607▲ 72%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.384$0.6607▲ 72%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.384$0.6607▲ 72%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.428$0.7364▲ 72%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.448$0.7708▲ 72%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.46$0.7914▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.472$0.812▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.48$0.826▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.48$0.826▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.496$0.8534▲ 72%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.612$1.053▲ 72%

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