m5dn.4xlargevsr5dn.4xlarge

m5dn.4xlarge is 19% cheaper than r5dn.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $181.04 a month.

At a glancem5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
On-demand$1.088/hr19% less$1.336/hr
Lowest rate$0.3836/hr13% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.4385/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 64 GiB16 vCPUs, 128 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.4xlarger5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge vs m5dn.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.088$1.336▲ 23%
SpotCan be interrupted65% off$0.383667% off$0.4385▲ 14%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.68537% off$0.842▲ 23%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.42359% off$0.544▲ 29%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.79528% off$0.968▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.48653% off$0.625▲ 29%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.088 vs $1.336 per hour
19% cheaper
Where r5dn.4xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)128 vs 64
2× higher

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchm5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
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.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)64128
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline16.25 Gbps16.25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage1 of 12 differm5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD2 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 300 GB SSD2 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput3500 Mbps2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS18,75018,750
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlarge
Familym5dnr5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
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.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.4xlarger5dn.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.088$1.336▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.088$1.336▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.088$1.336▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.216$1.488▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.296$1.592▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.336$1.60▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$1.368$1.608▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.368$1.608▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.40$1.624▲ 16%

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