m5dn.xlarge

m5dn.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.272 per hour on demand ($198.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.171 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1219 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$0.272$0.1219$0.171$0.106$0.199$0.122
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.272$0.0902$0.171$0.106$0.199$0.122
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.272$0.098$0.171$0.106$0.199$0.122
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.304$0.1375$0.192$0.131$0.244$0.154
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.324$0.138$0.204$0.14$0.263$0.174
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.334$0.1244$0.21$0.132$0.251$0.151
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.342–$0.215$0.138$0.267$0.159
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.342–$0.215$0.138$0.267$0.159
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.35$0.1007$0.221$0.151$0.282$0.181
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$0.272$0.171$0.106
Ubuntu Pro$0.279––
RHEL$0.33$0.229$0.163
Linux SQL Web$0.34$0.239$0.173
RHEL SQL Web$0.397––
RHEL HA$0.4$0.299$0.233
Windows$0.456$0.355$0.29
Windows SQL Web$0.524$0.423$0.357
Linux SQL Std$0.752$0.651$0.586
RHEL SQL Std$0.81––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.88––
Windows SQL Std$0.936$0.835$0.77
Linux SQL Ent$1.772$1.671$1.606
RHEL SQL Ent$1.83––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.90––
Windows SQL Ent$1.956$1.855$1.79

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 25 Gbps
Network baseline4.1 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS18,750
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5dn.xlarge
Familym5dn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.