m5dn.large

m5dn.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.136 per hour on demand ($99.28 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.086 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0396 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$0.136$0.0396$0.086$0.053$0.099$0.061
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.136$0.0343$0.086$0.053$0.099$0.061
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.136$0.0384$0.086$0.053$0.099$0.061
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.152$0.0591$0.096$0.066$0.122$0.077
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.162$0.0553$0.102$0.07$0.131$0.087
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.167$0.058$0.105$0.066$0.126$0.076
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.171–$0.108$0.069$0.133$0.079
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.171–$0.108$0.069$0.133$0.079
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.175$0.0561$0.11$0.076$0.141$0.091
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$0.136$0.086$0.053
Ubuntu Pro$0.14––
RHEL$0.165$0.114$0.082
RHEL HA$0.2$0.149$0.117
Linux SQL Web$0.204$0.153$0.12
Windows$0.228$0.178$0.145
RHEL SQL Web$0.232––
Windows SQL Web$0.296$0.245$0.212
Linux SQL Std$0.616$0.566$0.533
RHEL SQL Std$0.645––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.68––
Windows SQL Std$0.708$0.658$0.625

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 25 Gbps
Network baseline2.1 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS18,750
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5dn.large
Familym5dn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
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.