m5dn.16xlargevsr5dn.16xlarge

m5dn.16xlarge is 19% cheaper than r5dn.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $724.16 a month.

At a glancem5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge
On-demand$4.352/hr19% less$5.344/hr
Lowest rate$0.9749/hr17% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.172/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade 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.

Optionm5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge vs m5dn.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.352$5.344▲ 23%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.974978% off$1.172▲ 20%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.74237% off$3.367▲ 23%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$1.69259% off$2.176▲ 29%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$3.1828% off$3.872▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$1.94653% off$2.499▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.352 vs $5.344 per hour
19% cheaper
Where r5dn.16xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 256
2× higher

Specs

3 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchm5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differm5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256512
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge
Network75 Gigabit75 Gigabit
Network baseline75 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 12 matchm5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge
Storage4 x 600 NVMe SSD4 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 600 GB SSD4 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,600 Mbps13,600 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,600 Mbps13,600 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,700 MB/s1,700 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,700 MB/s1,700 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00060,000
EBS max IOPS60,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2323
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlarge
Familym5dnr5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
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 m5dn.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.16xlarger5dn.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.352$5.344▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.352$5.344▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.352$5.344▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.864$5.952▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$5.184$6.368▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$5.344$6.40▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$5.472$6.432▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$5.472$6.432▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$5.60$6.496▲ 16%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.