m5dn.8xlargevsm6idn.8xlarge

m5dn.8xlarge is 15% cheaper than m6idn.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $270.03 a month.

At a glancem5dn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge
On-demand$2.176/hr15% less$2.546/hr
Lowest rate$0.7567/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.6554/hr13% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 128 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.8xlargem6idn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge vs m5dn.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.176$2.546▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted65% off$0.756774% off$0.6554▼ 13%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.37137% off$1.604▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.84661% off$0.9899▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.5927% off$1.861▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.97355% off$1.138▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.176 vs $2.546 per hour
15% cheaper
Where m6idn.8xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth25,000 Mbps vs 6,800 Mbps
3.7× higher
Network baseline50 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.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
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.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)128128
Networking3 of 8 differm5dn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge
Network25 Gigabit50000 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps50 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage10 of 12 differm5dn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge
Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD1 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 600 GB SSD1 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,800 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,800 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput850 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS max throughput850 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,000100,000
EBS max IOPS30,000100,000
Max EBS volumes2526
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.8xlargem6idn.8xlarge
Familym5dnm6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.8xlargem6idn.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.176$2.546▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.176$2.546▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.176$2.546▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.432$2.845▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.592$3.033▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.672$3.126▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.736$3.201▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.80$3.276▲ 17%

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