m5dn.xlargevsr5dn.xlarge

m5dn.xlarge is 19% cheaper than r5dn.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $45.26 a month.

At a glancem5dn.xlarger5dn.xlarge
On-demand$0.272/hr19% less$0.334/hr
Lowest rate$0.106/hr22% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.136/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 16 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarger5dn.xlarger5dn.xlarge vs m5dn.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.272$0.334▲ 23%
SpotCan be interrupted55% off$0.121947% off$0.1768▲ 45%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.17137% off$0.21▲ 23%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.10659% off$0.136▲ 28%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.19928% off$0.242▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment55% off$0.12253% off$0.156▲ 28%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5dn.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.272 vs $0.334 per hour
19% cheaper
Where r5dn.xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)32 vs 16
2× higher

Specs

4 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 9 matchm5dn.xlarger5dn.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlarger5dn.xlarge
Memory (GiB)1632
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5dn.xlarger5dn.xlarge
NetworkUp to 25 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline4.1 Gbps4.1 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage1 of 12 differm5dn.xlarger5dn.xlarge
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS18,75018,750
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differm5dn.xlarger5dn.xlarge
Familym5dnr5dn
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5dn.xlarger5dn.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.272$0.334▲ 23%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.272$0.334▲ 23%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.272$0.334▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.304$0.372▲ 22%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.324$0.398▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.334$0.4▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.342$0.402▲ 18%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.342$0.402▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.35$0.406▲ 16%

Keep exploring

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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.