m5d.2xlargevsm6id.2xlarge

m5d.2xlarge is 5% cheaper than m6id.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $16.50 a month.

At a glancem5d.2xlargem6id.2xlarge
On-demand$0.452/hr5% less$0.4746/hr
Lowest rate$0.2296/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1621/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 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.2xlargem6id.2xlargem6id.2xlarge vs m5d.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.452$0.4746▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted49% off$0.229666% off$0.1621▼ 29%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.28537% off$0.299▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.19557% off$0.205▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.33127% off$0.3476▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.22750% off$0.2389▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5d.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.452 vs $0.4746 per hour
5% cheaper
Where m6id.2xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.5 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

16 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5d.2xlargem6id.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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
ECU37–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5d.2xlargem6id.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 8 differm5d.2xlargem6id.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage8 of 12 differm5d.2xlargem6id.2xlarge
Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 474 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 300 GB SSD1 × 474 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00012,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details1 of 10 differm5d.2xlargem6id.2xlarge
Familym5dm6id
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5d.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5d.2xlargem6id.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.452$0.4746▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.452$0.4746▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.452$0.4746▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.488$0.5124▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.504$0.5292▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.504$0.5292▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.504$0.5292▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.504$0.5292▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.524$0.5502▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.528$0.5544▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.529$0.5557▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.532$0.5586▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.544$0.5712▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.556$0.5838▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.564$0.5922▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.568$0.5964▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.572$0.6008▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.584$0.6132▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.598$0.6283▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.72$0.756▲ 5%

Keep exploring

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

m5d.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m5d family
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m6id.2xlargeGeneral purpose, m6id family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.