r5.xlargevsr5dn.xlarge

r5.xlarge is 25% cheaper than r5dn.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $59.86 a month.

At a glancer5.xlarger5dn.xlarge
On-demand$0.252/hr25% less$0.334/hr
Lowest rate$0.0569/hr68% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1768/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel 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.

Optionr5.xlarger5dn.xlarger5dn.xlarge vs r5.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.252$0.334▲ 33%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.056947% off$0.1768▲ 211%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.15937% off$0.21▲ 32%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.10959% off$0.136▲ 25%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.18328% off$0.242▲ 32%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.13153% off$0.156▲ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.252 vs $0.334 per hour
25% cheaper
Max EBS volumes27 vs 26
4% higher
Where r5dn.xlarge leads
Network baseline4.1 Gbps vs 1.25 Gbps
3.3× higher

Specs

12 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differr5.xlarger5dn.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo–
BurstableNoNo
ECU19–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.xlarger5dn.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking3 of 8 differr5.xlarger5dn.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps4.1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage4 of 12 differr5.xlarger5dn.xlarge
StorageEBS only1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 4750 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 volumes2726
Instance details2 of 10 differr5.xlarger5dn.xlarge
Familyr5r5dn
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5.xlarger5dn.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.252$0.334▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.252$0.334▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.252$0.334▲ 33%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.268$0.354▲ 32%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.282$0.372▲ 32%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.296$0.392▲ 32%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.296$0.392▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.302$0.408▲ 35%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.302$0.402▲ 33%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.302$0.402▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.304$0.398▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.304$0.4▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.304$0.406▲ 34%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.304$0.398▲ 31%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.336$0.442▲ 32%

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