m5d.xlargevsm6id.xlarge

m5d.xlarge is 5% cheaper than m6id.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $8.25 a month.

At a glancem5d.xlargem6id.xlarge
On-demand$0.226/hr5% less$0.2373/hr
Lowest rate$0.0695/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0757/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargem6id.xlargem6id.xlarge vs m5d.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.226$0.2373▲ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.069568% off$0.0757▲ 9%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.14237% off$0.1495▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.09857% off$0.1025▲ 5%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.16527% off$0.1738▲ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.11450% off$0.1194▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5d.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.226 vs $0.2373 per hour
5% cheaper
Where m6id.xlarge 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

16 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differm5d.xlargem6id.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU16–
MemoryAll 1 matchm5d.xlargem6id.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differm5d.xlargem6id.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 12500 Megabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.562 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage8 of 12 differm5d.xlargem6id.xlarge
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS18,75040,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details1 of 10 differm5d.xlargem6id.xlarge
Familym5dm6id
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5d.xlargem6id.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.226$0.2373▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.226$0.2373▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.226$0.2373▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.244$0.2562▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.252$0.2646▲ 5%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.252$0.2646▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.252$0.2646▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.252$0.2646▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.262$0.2751▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.264$0.2772▲ 5%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.265$0.2778▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.266$0.2793▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.272$0.2856▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.278$0.2919▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.282$0.2961▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.284$0.2982▲ 5%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.286$0.3004▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.292$0.3066▲ 5%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.299$0.3142▲ 5%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.36$0.378▲ 5%

Keep exploring

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

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