m5dn.8xlarge

m5dn.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.176 per hour on demand ($1,588.48 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.371 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.7567 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$2.176$0.7567$1.371$0.846$1.59$0.973
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.176$0.4683$1.371$0.846$1.59$0.973
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.176$0.7329$1.371$0.846$1.59$0.973
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.432$1.10$1.532$1.051$1.951$1.229
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.592$0.9649$1.633$1.12$2.104$1.388
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.672$0.8601$1.683$1.053$2.009$1.209
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$2.736–$1.724$1.105$2.134$1.271
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$2.736–$1.724$1.105$2.134$1.271
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.80$0.9018$1.764$1.21$2.258$1.448
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$2.176$1.371$0.846
Ubuntu Pro$2.232––
RHEL$2.522$1.716$1.192
Linux SQL Web$2.717$1.912$1.387
RHEL HA$2.97$2.164$1.64
RHEL SQL Web$3.062––
Windows$3.648$2.843$2.318
Windows SQL Web$4.189$3.384$2.859
Linux SQL Std$6.016$5.211$4.686
RHEL SQL Std$6.362––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.81––
Windows SQL Std$7.488$6.683$6.158
Linux SQL Ent$14.176$13.371$12.846
RHEL SQL Ent$14.522––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.97––
Windows SQL Ent$15.648$14.843$14.318

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
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)128
NetworkingValue
Network25 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,800 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput850 MB/s
EBS max throughput850 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,000
EBS max IOPS30,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5dn.8xlarge
Familym5dn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
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.