m5n.8xlargevsr5n.8xlarge

m5n.8xlarge is 20% cheaper than r5n.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $350.40 a month.

At a glancem5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
On-demand$1.904/hr20% less$2.384/hr
Lowest rate$0.8602/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.6119/hr29% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 128 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 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.

Optionm5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarge vs m5n.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.904$2.384▲ 25%
SpotCan be interrupted55% off$0.860274% off$0.6119▼ 29%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.2037% off$1.502▲ 25%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$0.73459% off$0.966▲ 32%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$1.38928% off$1.727▲ 24%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$0.84353% off$1.112▲ 32%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5n.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.904 vs $2.384 per hour
20% cheaper
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
24% higher
Where r5n.8xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 128
2× higher

Specs

5 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 10 differm5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differm5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)128256
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
StorageAll 11 matchm5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,800 Mbps6,800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,800 Mbps6,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput850 MB/s850 MB/s
EBS max throughput850 MB/s850 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,00030,000
EBS max IOPS30,00030,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details2 of 10 differm5n.8xlarger5n.8xlarge
Familym5nr5n
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5n.8xlarger5n.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.904$2.384▲ 25%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.904$2.384▲ 25%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.904$2.384▲ 25%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.128$2.672▲ 26%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.256$2.848▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.336$2.848▲ 22%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.384$2.864▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.384$2.864▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.448$2.896▲ 18%

Keep exploring

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

m5n.8xlargeGeneral purpose, m5n family
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r5n.8xlargeMemory optimized, r5n family
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r5.8xlarger6in.8xlarge

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