m5.largevsm5zn.large

m5.large is 42% cheaper than m5zn.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $50.52 a month.

At a glancem5.largem5zn.large
On-demand$0.096/hr42% less$0.1652/hr
Lowest rate$0.0374/hr2% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.038/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem5zn.largem5zn.large vs m5.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.096$0.1652▲ 72%
SpotCan be interrupted61% off$0.037477% off$0.038▲ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront38% off$0.0637% off$0.1041▲ 74%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.04157% off$0.0714▲ 74%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.07124% off$0.1249▲ 76%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.04948% off$0.0856▲ 75%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.large leads
On-demand price$0.096 vs $0.1652 per hour
42% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 3,170 Mbps
50% higher
Where m5zn.large leads
Network baseline3 Gbps vs 0.75 Gbps
4× higher
Clock speed4.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
45% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth800 Mbps vs 650 Mbps
23% higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.largem5zn.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU10–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.largem5zn.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 8 differm5.largem5zn.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps3 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage7 of 11 differm5.largem5zn.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s100 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,333
EBS max IOPS18,75013,333
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differm5.largem5zn.large
Familym5m5zn
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.largem5zn.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.096$0.1652▲ 72%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.096$0.1652▲ 72%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.096$0.1652▲ 72%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.107$0.1841▲ 72%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.112$0.1927▲ 72%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.115$0.1979▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.118$0.203▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.12$0.2065▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.12$0.2065▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.124$0.2134▲ 72%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.153$0.2632▲ 72%

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