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m5dn.large is 15% cheaper than m6idn.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $16.86 a month.

At a glancem5dn.largem6idn.large
On-demand$0.136/hr15% less$0.1591/hr
Lowest rate$0.0396/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0418/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 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.largem6idn.largem6idn.large vs m5dn.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.136$0.1591▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.039674% off$0.0418▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.08637% off$0.1003▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.05361% off$0.0619▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.09927% off$0.1163▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.06155% off$0.0711▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.large leads
On-demand price$0.136 vs $0.1591 per hour
15% cheaper
Where m6idn.large leads
EBS max IOPS100,000 vs 18,750
5.3× higher
Network baseline3.125 Gbps vs 2.1 Gbps
49% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

17 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm5dn.largem6idn.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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.largem6idn.large
Memory (GiB)88
Networking2 of 8 differm5dn.largem6idn.large
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25000 Megabit
Network baseline2.1 Gbps3.125 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage9 of 12 differm5dn.largem6idn.large
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD1 x 118 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD1 × 118 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps1,562 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s195.313 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6006,250
EBS max IOPS18,750100,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.largem6idn.large
Familym5dnm6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5dn.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.largem6idn.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.136$0.1591▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.136$0.1591▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.136$0.1591▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.152$0.1778▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.162$0.1895▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.167$0.1954▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.171$0.2001▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.175$0.2047▲ 17%

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