m5d.largevsm6id.large

m5d.large is 5% cheaper than m6id.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $4.16 a month.

At a glancem5d.largem6id.large
On-demand$0.113/hr5% less$0.1187/hr
Lowest rate$0.0374/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.034/hr9% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem6id.largem6id.large vs m5d.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.113$0.1187▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted67% off$0.037471% off$0.034▼ 9%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.07137% off$0.0748▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.04957% off$0.0513▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.08327% off$0.0869▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.05750% off$0.0597▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5d.large leads
On-demand price$0.113 vs $0.1187 per hour
5% cheaper
Where m6id.large leads
EBS max IOPS40,000 vs 18,750
2.1× higher
Network peak12.5 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
25% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

14 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5d.largem6id.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU10–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5d.largem6id.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking3 of 8 differm5d.largem6id.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.781 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage6 of 12 differm5d.largem6id.large
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details1 of 10 differm5d.largem6id.large
Familym5dm6id
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5d.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5d.largem6id.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.113$0.1187▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.113$0.1187▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.113$0.1187▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.122$0.1281▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.126$0.1323▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.126$0.1323▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.126$0.1323▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.126$0.1323▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.131$0.1376▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.132$0.1386▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.132$0.1389▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.133$0.1397▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.136$0.1428▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.139$0.146▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.141$0.148▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.142$0.1491▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.143$0.1502▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.146$0.1533▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.15$0.1571▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.18$0.189▲ 5%

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