m5d.12xlargevsm6id.12xlarge

m5d.12xlarge is 5% cheaper than m6id.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $98.99 a month.

At a glancem5d.12xlargem6id.12xlarge
On-demand$2.712/hr5% less$2.848/hr
Lowest rate$0.7098/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.5366/hr24% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice 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.

Optionm5d.12xlargem6id.12xlargem6id.12xlarge vs m5d.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.712$2.848▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted74% off$0.709881% off$0.5366▼ 24%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.70937% off$1.794▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.17257% off$1.23▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.98627% off$2.085▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$1.36550% off$1.433▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5d.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.712 vs $2.848 per hour
5% cheaper
Where m6id.12xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
58% higher
Network baseline18.75 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
56% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

17 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5d.12xlargem6id.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU168–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5d.12xlargem6id.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking3 of 8 differm5d.12xlargem6id.12xlarge
Network10 Gigabit18750 Megabit
Network baseline12 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps18.75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage9 of 12 differm5d.12xlargem6id.12xlarge
Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSD2 x 1425 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 900 GB SSD2 × 1,425 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput6000 Mbps15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00060,000
EBS max IOPS40,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details1 of 10 differm5d.12xlargem6id.12xlarge
Familym5dm6id
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5d.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5d.12xlargem6id.12xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.712$2.848▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.712$2.848▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.712$2.848▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.928$3.074▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.024$3.175▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$3.024$3.175▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.024$3.175▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$3.024$3.175▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.144$3.301▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$3.168$3.326▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$3.175$3.334▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.192$3.352▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.264$3.427▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.336$3.503▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.384$3.553▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.408$3.578▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.432$3.605▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.504$3.679▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.59$3.77▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$4.32$4.536▲ 5%

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

m5d.12xlargeGeneral purpose, m5d family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.