m5.xlargevsm5zn.xlarge

m5.xlarge is 42% cheaper than m5zn.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $100.96 a month.

At a glancem5.xlargem5zn.xlarge
On-demand$0.192/hr42% less$0.3303/hr
Lowest rate$0.0391/hr64% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1092/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargem5zn.xlargem5zn.xlarge vs m5.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.192$0.3303▲ 72%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$0.039167% off$0.1092▲ 179%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.12137% off$0.2081▲ 72%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.08357% off$0.1427▲ 72%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.14124% off$0.2497▲ 77%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.09748% off$0.1712▲ 76%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.192 vs $0.3303 per hour
42% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 3,170 Mbps
50% higher
Where m5zn.xlarge leads
Network baseline5 Gbps vs 1.25 Gbps
4× higher
Clock speed4.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
45% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth1,564 Mbps vs 1,150 Mbps
36% higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5.xlargem5zn.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU16–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5.xlargem5zn.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differm5.xlargem5zn.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage7 of 11 differm5.xlargem5zn.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,564 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s195.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,667
EBS max IOPS18,75013,333
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differm5.xlargem5zn.xlarge
Familym5m5zn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5.xlargem5zn.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.192$0.3303▲ 72%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.192$0.3303▲ 72%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.192$0.3303▲ 72%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.214$0.3682▲ 72%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.224$0.3854▲ 72%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.23$0.3957▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.236$0.406▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.24$0.413▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.24$0.413▲ 72%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.248$0.4267▲ 72%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.306$0.5265▲ 72%

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