m5dn.2xlargevsm6idn.2xlarge

m5dn.2xlarge is 15% cheaper than m6idn.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $67.52 a month.

At a glancem5dn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
On-demand$0.544/hr15% less$0.6365/hr
Lowest rate$0.212/hr14% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.2475/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 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.2xlargem6idn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge vs m5dn.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.544$0.6365▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted47% off$0.288964% off$0.2319▼ 20%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.34337% off$0.401▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.21261% off$0.2475▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.39827% off$0.4651▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.24355% off$0.2845▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.544 vs $0.6365 per hour
15% cheaper
Where m6idn.2xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS100,000 vs 18,750
5.3× higher
Network peak40 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
60% 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.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 8 differm5dn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 40000 Megabit
Network baseline8.125 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps40 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage9 of 12 differm5dn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 474 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 300 GB SSD1 × 474 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps6,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s781.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,00025,000
EBS max IOPS18,750100,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.2xlargem6idn.2xlarge
Familym5dnm6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5dn.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.2xlargem6idn.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.544$0.6365▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.544$0.6365▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.544$0.6365▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.608$0.7114▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.648$0.7582▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.668$0.7816▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.684$0.8003▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.7$0.819▲ 17%

Keep exploring

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

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