m5.2xlargevsm6i.2xlarge

m5.2xlarge and m6i.2xlarge cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.384 per hour.

At a glancem5.2xlargem6i.2xlarge
On-demand$0.384/hr$0.384/hr
Lowest rate$0.129/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1247/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice 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.

Optionm5.2xlargem6i.2xlargem6i.2xlarge vs m5.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.384$0.384Same
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.12968% off$0.1247▼ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.24234% off$0.254▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.16655% off$0.1742▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.28227% off$0.2821Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.19549% off$0.1948Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.2xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where m6i.2xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

14 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.2xlargem6i.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU37–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.2xlargem6i.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 8 differm5.2xlargem6i.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage6 of 11 differm5.2xlargem6i.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00012,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5.2xlargem6i.2xlarge
Familym5m6i
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionm5.2xlargem6i.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.384$0.384Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.384$0.384Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.384$0.384Same
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.404$0.404Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.404$0.404Same
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.408$0.408Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.428$0.428Same
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.428$0.428Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.428$0.428Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.444$0.444Same
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.448$0.448Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.448$0.448Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.448$0.448Same
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.449$0.4494Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.46$0.46Same
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.471$0.528▲ 12%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.471$0.4708Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.472$0.472Same
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.48$0.48Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.48$0.48Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.48$0.48Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.484$0.484Same
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.484$0.484Same
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.496$0.496Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.496$0.496Same
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.506$0.506Same
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.508$0.508Same
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.528$0.528Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.612$0.612Same

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

m5.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m5 family
m5.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family

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m6i.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m6i family
m6i.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m6i family

Compare m6i.2xlarge with

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