m5n.16xlargevsm6in.16xlarge

m5n.16xlarge is 15% cheaper than m6in.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $472.60 a month.

At a glancem5n.16xlargem6in.16xlarge
On-demand$3.808/hr15% less$4.455/hr
Lowest rate$1.307/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.8516/hr35% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 256 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.

Optionm5n.16xlargem6in.16xlargem6in.16xlarge vs m5n.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.808$4.455▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$1.30781% off$0.8516▼ 35%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.39937% off$2.807▲ 17%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$1.46861% off$1.717▲ 17%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$2.77927% off$3.251▲ 17%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$1.68656% off$1.973▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5n.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.808 vs $4.455 per hour
15% cheaper
Where m6in.16xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth50,000 Mbps vs 13,600 Mbps
3.7× higher
Network baseline100 Gbps vs 75 Gbps
33% higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
13% higher

Specs

15 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differm5n.16xlargem6in.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
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 matchm5n.16xlargem6in.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256256
Networking3 of 8 differm5n.16xlargem6in.16xlarge
Network75 Gigabit100000 Megabit
Network baseline75 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differm5n.16xlargem6in.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps50000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,600 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,600 Mbps50,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,700 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,700 MB/s6,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000200,000
EBS max IOPS60,000200,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differm5n.16xlargem6in.16xlarge
Familym5nm6in
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
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 m5n.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5n.16xlargem6in.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.808$4.455▲ 17%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.808$4.455▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.808$4.455▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.256$4.979▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.512$5.279▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.672$5.466▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.768$5.579▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.896$5.728▲ 17%

Keep exploring

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m5n.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m5n family
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m6in.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m6in family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.