m5.largevsm5dn.large

m5.large is 29% cheaper than m5dn.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $29.20 a month.

At a glancem5.largem5dn.large
On-demand$0.096/hr29% less$0.136/hr
Lowest rate$0.0374/hr6% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0396/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem5dn.largem5dn.large vs m5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.096$0.136▲ 42%
SpotCan be interrupted61% off$0.037471% off$0.0396▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.0637% off$0.086▲ 43%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.04161% off$0.053▲ 29%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.07127% off$0.099▲ 39%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.04955% off$0.061▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.large leads
On-demand price$0.096 vs $0.136 per hour
29% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 26
4% higher
Where m5dn.large leads
Network baseline2.1 Gbps vs 0.75 Gbps
2.8× higher

Specs

12 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differm5.largem5dn.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU10–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.largem5dn.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 8 differm5.largem5dn.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps2.1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage4 of 12 differm5.largem5dn.large
StorageEBS only1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Max EBS volumes2726
Instance details2 of 10 differm5.largem5dn.large
Familym5m5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.largem5dn.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.096$0.136▲ 42%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.096$0.136▲ 42%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.096$0.136▲ 42%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.107$0.152▲ 42%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.115$0.162▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.12$0.167▲ 39%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.121$0.171▲ 41%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.121$0.171▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.124$0.175▲ 41%

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