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m5dn.xlarge is 15% cheaper than m6idn.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $33.73 a month.

At a glancem5dn.xlargem6idn.xlarge
On-demand$0.272/hr15% less$0.3182/hr
Lowest rate$0.1219/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0892/hr27% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargem6idn.xlargem6idn.xlarge vs m5dn.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.272$0.3182▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted55% off$0.121972% off$0.0892▼ 27%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.17137% off$0.2005▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.10661% off$0.1237▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.19927% off$0.2326▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.12255% off$0.1423▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.272 vs $0.3182 per hour
15% cheaper
Where m6idn.xlarge leads
EBS max IOPS100,000 vs 18,750
5.3× higher
Network baseline6.25 Gbps vs 4.1 Gbps
52% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

18 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm5dn.xlargem6idn.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlargem6idn.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1616
Networking3 of 8 differm5dn.xlargem6idn.xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 30000 Megabit
Network baseline4.1 Gbps6.25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage9 of 12 differm5dn.xlargem6idn.xlarge
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 237 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD1 × 237 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 25000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps3,125 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps25,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s390.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s3,125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,00012,500
EBS max IOPS18,750100,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.xlargem6idn.xlarge
Familym5dnm6idn
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.xlargem6idn.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.272$0.3182▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.272$0.3182▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.272$0.3182▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.304$0.3557▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.324$0.3791▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.334$0.3908▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.342$0.4001▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.35$0.4095▲ 17%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

m5dn.xlargeGeneral purpose, m5dn family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.