m5dn.4xlargevsm6idn.4xlarge

m5dn.4xlarge is 15% cheaper than m6idn.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $135.05 a month.

At a glancem5dn.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge
On-demand$1.088/hr15% less$1.273/hr
Lowest rate$0.3836/hr30% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.5518/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 64 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.4xlargem6idn.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge vs m5dn.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.088$1.273▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted65% off$0.383657% off$0.5518▲ 44%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.68537% off$0.802▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.42361% off$0.4949▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.79527% off$0.9303▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.48655% off$0.569▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.088 vs $1.273 per hour
15% cheaper
Where m6idn.4xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS100,000 vs 18,750
5.3× higher
Network peak50 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
2× higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

19 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm5dn.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
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.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
Networking3 of 8 differm5dn.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 50000 Megabit
Network baseline16.25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage10 of 12 differm5dn.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge
Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 950 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 300 GB SSD1 × 950 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput3500 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps12,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s1,562.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS18,75050,000
EBS max IOPS18,750100,000
Max EBS volumes2526
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.4xlargem6idn.4xlarge
Familym5dnm6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
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.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.4xlargem6idn.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.088$1.273▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.088$1.273▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.088$1.273▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.216$1.423▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.296$1.516▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.336$1.563▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.368$1.601▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.40$1.638▲ 17%

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