m5n.metalvsr5n.metal

m5n.metal is 20% cheaper than r5n.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $1,051.20 a month.

At a glancem5n.metalr5n.metal
On-demand$5.712/hr20% less$7.152/hr
Lowest rate$1.15/hr18% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.395/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 384 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.metalr5n.metalr5n.metal vs m5n.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$5.712$7.152▲ 25%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$1.1580% off$1.395▲ 21%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$3.59937% off$4.506▲ 25%
3-yr reservedNo upfront61% off$2.20259% off$2.897▲ 32%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$4.16828% off$5.182▲ 24%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment56% off$2.52953% off$3.337▲ 32%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5n.metal leads
On-demand price$5.712 vs $7.152 per hour
20% cheaper
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
24% higher
Where r5n.metal leads
Memory (GiB)768 vs 384
2× higher

Specs

6 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute2 of 10 differm5n.metalr5n.metal
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
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.metalr5n.metal
Memory (GiB)384768
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5n.metalr5n.metal
Network100 Gigabit100 Gigabit
Network baseline100 Gbps100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage1 of 11 differm5n.metalr5n.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differm5n.metalr5n.metal
Familym5nr5n
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5n.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5n.metalr5n.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$5.712$7.152▲ 25%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$5.712$7.152▲ 25%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$5.712$7.152▲ 25%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$6.384$8.016▲ 26%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$6.768$8.544▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$7.008$8.544▲ 22%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$7.152$8.592▲ 20%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$7.152$8.592▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.344$8.688▲ 18%

Keep exploring

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

m5n.metalGeneral purpose, m5n family
m5n.metal prices and specsEvery size in the m5n family

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