m5dn.metal

m5dn.metal is an AWS EC2 instance with 96 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $6.528 per hour on demand ($4,765.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $4.113 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $1.669 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$6.528$1.669$4.113$2.538$4.771$2.919
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$6.528$0.8127$4.113$2.538$4.771$2.919
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$6.528$2.099$4.113$2.538$4.771$2.919
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$7.296$1.778$4.596$3.152$5.853$3.688
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$7.776$1.837$4.899$3.359$6.311$4.165
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$8.016$0.8016$5.05$3.16$6.026$3.627
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$8.208–$5.171$3.315$6.403$3.812
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$8.208–$5.171$3.315$6.403$3.812
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$8.40$1.405$5.292$3.629$6.774$4.345
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$6.528$4.113$2.538
SUSE$6.653$4.173$2.592
Ubuntu Pro$6.696––
RHEL$7.565$5.149$3.575
Linux SQL Web$8.15$5.735$4.16
RHEL HA$8.909$6.493$4.919
RHEL SQL Web$9.187––
Windows$10.944$8.529$6.954
Windows SQL Web$12.566$10.151$8.576
Linux SQL Std$18.048$15.633$14.058
RHEL SQL Std$19.085––
RHEL HA SQL Std$20.429––
Windows SQL Std$22.464$20.049$18.474
Linux SQL Ent$42.528$40.113$38.538
RHEL SQL Ent$43.565––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$44.909––
Windows SQL Ent$46.944$44.529$42.954

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs96
Physical cores48
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)384
NetworkingValue
Network100 Gbps
Network baseline100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFAYes
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput14000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000
EBS max IOPS80,000
Max EBS volumes31
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5dn.metal
Familym5dn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor192
Bare metalYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

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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.