m5d.8xlargevsm6id.8xlarge

m5d.8xlarge is 5% cheaper than m6id.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $65.99 a month.

At a glancem5d.8xlargem6id.8xlarge
On-demand$1.808/hr5% less$1.898/hr
Lowest rate$0.5997/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4602/hr23% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 128 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.8xlargem6id.8xlargem6id.8xlarge vs m5d.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.808$1.898▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted67% off$0.599776% off$0.4602▼ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.13937% off$1.196▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.78157% off$0.8201▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.32427% off$1.39▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.9150% off$0.9555▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5d.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.808 vs $1.898 per hour
5% cheaper
Where m6id.8xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth10,000 Mbps vs 6,800 Mbps
47% higher
Network baseline12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

18 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5d.8xlargem6id.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
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
ECU128–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5d.8xlargem6id.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking3 of 8 differm5d.8xlargem6id.8xlarge
Network10 Gigabit12500 Megabit
Network baseline10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage10 of 12 differm5d.8xlargem6id.8xlarge
Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 600 GB SSD1 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,800 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,800 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput850 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput850 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,00040,000
EBS max IOPS30,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2526
Instance details1 of 10 differm5d.8xlargem6id.8xlarge
Familym5dm6id
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5d.8xlargem6id.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.808$1.898▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.808$1.898▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.808$1.898▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.952$2.05▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.016$2.117▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$2.016$2.117▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.016$2.117▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.016$2.117▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.096$2.201▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.112$2.218▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$2.117$2.223▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.128$2.234▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.176$2.285▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.224$2.335▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.256$2.369▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.272$2.386▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.288$2.403▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.336$2.453▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$2.394$2.513▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.88$3.024▲ 5%

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m5d.8xlargeGeneral purpose, m5d family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.