m5dn.16xlarge

m5dn.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.352 per hour on demand ($3,176.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.742 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.9749 per hour. It is sold in 9 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$4.352$0.9749$2.742$1.692$3.18$1.946
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$4.352$0.715$2.742$1.692$3.18$1.946
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$4.352$1.305$2.742$1.692$3.18$1.946
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.864$1.763$3.064$2.101$3.902$2.458
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$5.184$2.046$3.266$2.239$4.208$2.777
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$5.344$1.364$3.367$2.107$4.018$2.418
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$5.472–$3.447$2.21$4.269$2.541
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$5.472–$3.447$2.21$4.269$2.541
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$5.60$0.9675$3.528$2.419$4.516$2.897
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$4.352$2.742$1.692
Ubuntu Pro$4.464––
RHEL$5.043$3.433$2.383
Linux SQL Web$5.434$3.823$2.774
RHEL HA$5.939$4.329$3.279
RHEL SQL Web$6.125––
Windows$7.296$5.686$4.636
Windows SQL Web$8.378$6.767$5.718
Linux SQL Std$12.032$10.422$9.372
RHEL SQL Std$12.723––
RHEL HA SQL Std$13.619––
Windows SQL Std$14.976$13.366$12.316
Linux SQL Ent$28.352$26.742$25.692
RHEL SQL Ent$29.043––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$29.939––
Windows SQL Ent$31.296$29.686$28.636

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)256
NetworkingValue
Network75 Gbps
Network baseline75 Gbps
Network peak75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
Storage4 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,600 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,600 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,700 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,700 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Max EBS volumes23
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5dn.16xlarge
Familym5dn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other m5dn sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m5dn.large28$0.136
m5dn.xlarge416$0.272
m5dn.2xlarge832$0.544
m5dn.4xlarge1664$1.088
m5dn.8xlarge32128$2.176
m5dn.12xlarge48192$3.264
m5dn.16xlarge64256$4.352
m5dn.24xlarge96384$6.528
m5dn.metal96384$6.528

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.