m5dn.24xlargevsm6idn.24xlarge

m5dn.24xlarge is 15% cheaper than m6idn.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $810.15 a month.

At a glancem5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge
On-demand$6.528/hr15% less$7.638/hr
Lowest rate$2.286/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.625/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel 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.

Optionm5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge vs m5dn.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$6.528$7.638▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted65% off$2.28679% off$1.625▼ 29%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$4.11337% off$4.812▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$2.53861% off$2.97▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$4.77127% off$5.582▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$2.91955% off$3.414▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$6.528 vs $7.638 per hour
15% cheaper
Where m6idn.24xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth75,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
3.9× higher
Network baseline150 Gbps vs 100 Gbps
50% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

18 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchm5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking4 of 8 differm5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge
Network100 Gigabit150000 Megabit
Network baseline100 Gbps150 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps150 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage9 of 12 differm5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge
Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD4 x 1425 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 900 GB SSD4 × 1,425 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps75000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps75,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps75,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s9,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s9,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000300,000
EBS max IOPS80,000300,000
Max EBS volumes2323
Instance details1 of 10 differm5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlarge
Familym5dnm6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
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.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.24xlargem6idn.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.528$7.638▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.528$7.638▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.528$7.638▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$7.296$8.536▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$7.776$9.098▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.016$9.379▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.208$9.603▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.40$9.828▲ 17%

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