m5.8xlargevsm5dn.8xlarge

m5.8xlarge is 29% cheaper than m5dn.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $467.20 a month.

At a glancem5.8xlargem5dn.8xlarge
On-demand$1.536/hr29% less$2.176/hr
Lowest rate$0.3853/hr49% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.7567/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 128 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.

Optionm5.8xlargem5dn.8xlargem5dn.8xlarge vs m5.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.536$2.176▲ 42%
SpotCan be interrupted75% off$0.385365% off$0.7567▲ 96%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.96837% off$1.371▲ 42%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.66461% off$0.846▲ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.12827% off$1.59▲ 41%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.77955% off$0.973▲ 25%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.536 vs $2.176 per hour
29% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 25
8% higher
Where m5dn.8xlarge leads
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
2.5× higher

Specs

11 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differm5.8xlargem5dn.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
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
ECU128–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.8xlargem5dn.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking3 of 8 differm5.8xlargem5dn.8xlarge
Network10 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline10 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage3 of 12 differm5.8xlargem5dn.8xlarge
StorageEBS only2 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks–2 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,800 Mbps6,800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,800 Mbps6,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput850 MB/s850 MB/s
EBS max throughput850 MB/s850 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,00030,000
EBS max IOPS30,00030,000
Max EBS volumes2725
Instance details2 of 10 differm5.8xlargem5dn.8xlarge
Familym5m5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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 m5.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.8xlargem5dn.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.536$2.176▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.536$2.176▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.536$2.176▲ 42%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.712$2.432▲ 42%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.84$2.592▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.92$2.672▲ 39%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.936$2.736▲ 41%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.936$2.736▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.984$2.80▲ 41%

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