m5.metalvsm5zn.metal

m5zn.metal is 14% cheaper than m5.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $470.05 a month. Per vCPU, m5.metal costs 42% less.

At a glancem5.metalm5zn.metal
On-demand$4.608/hr$3.964/hr14% less
Lowest rate$0.9496/hr4% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9883/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 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.metalm5zn.metalm5zn.metal vs m5.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$4.608$3.964▼ 14%
SpotCan be interrupted79% off$0.949675% off$0.9883▲ 4%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.90337% off$2.497▼ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.99157% off$1.712▼ 14%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$3.38524% off$2.997▼ 11%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$2.33748% off$2.055▼ 12%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.metal leads
vCPUs96 vs 48
2× higher
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher
Where m5zn.metal leads
On-demand price$3.964 vs $4.608 per hour
14% cheaper
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
4× higher
Clock speed4.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
45% higher

Specs

14 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differm5.metalm5zn.metal
vCPUs9648
Physical cores4824
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
ECU345–
Memory1 of 1 differm5.metalm5zn.metal
Memory (GiB)384192
Networking4 of 8 differm5.metalm5zn.metal
Network25 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage1 of 11 differm5.metalm5zn.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput12000 Mbps19000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differm5.metalm5zn.metal
Familym5m5zn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor19296
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionm5.metalm5zn.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.608$3.964▼ 14%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.608$3.964▼ 14%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.608$3.964▼ 14%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$5.136$4.418▼ 14%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$5.376$4.625▼ 14%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.52$4.749▼ 14%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$5.664$4.872▼ 14%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.76$4.956▼ 14%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.76$4.956▼ 14%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.952$5.12▼ 14%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$7.344$6.318▼ 14%

Keep exploring

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

m5.metalGeneral purpose, m5 family
m5.metal prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family

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