m5dn.largevsr5dn.large

m5dn.large is 19% cheaper than r5dn.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $22.63 a month.

At a glancem5dn.larger5dn.large
On-demand$0.136/hr19% less$0.167/hr
Lowest rate$0.0396/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0385/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.larger5dn.larger5dn.large vs m5dn.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.136$0.167▲ 23%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.039677% off$0.0385▼ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.08637% off$0.105▲ 22%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.05359% off$0.068▲ 28%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.09928% off$0.121▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.06153% off$0.078▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.large leads
On-demand price$0.136 vs $0.167 per hour
19% cheaper
Where r5dn.large leads
Memory (GiB)16 vs 8
2× higher

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchm5dn.larger5dn.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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.larger5dn.large
Memory (GiB)816
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5dn.larger5dn.large
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline2.1 Gbps2.1 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage1 of 12 differm5dn.larger5dn.large
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.larger5dn.large
Familym5dnr5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionm5dn.larger5dn.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.136$0.167▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.136$0.167▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.136$0.167▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.152$0.186▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.162$0.199▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.167$0.2▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.171$0.201▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.171$0.201▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.175$0.203▲ 16%

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