m5n.16xlarge

m5n.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 $3.808 per hour on demand ($2,779.84 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.399 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $1.307 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$3.808$1.307$2.399$1.468$2.779$1.686
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.808$1.131$2.399$1.468$2.779$1.686
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.808$1.176$2.399$1.468$2.779$1.686
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.256$1.894$2.681$1.839$3.437$2.124
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.512$1.674$2.843$1.949$3.667$2.383
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$4.672$1.488$2.943$1.832$3.512$2.104
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$4.768–$3.004$1.90$3.705$2.183
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$4.768–$3.004$1.90$3.705$2.183
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$4.896$0.9036$3.084$2.115$3.938$2.501
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$3.808$2.399$1.468
Ubuntu Pro$3.92––
SUSE$3.933$2.459$1.522
RHEL$4.499$3.09$2.159
Linux SQL Web$4.89$3.481$2.55
RHEL HA$5.395$3.986$3.055
RHEL SQL Web$5.581––
Windows$6.752$5.343$4.412
Windows SQL Web$7.834$6.425$5.494
Linux SQL Std$11.488$10.079$9.148
RHEL SQL Std$12.179––
RHEL HA SQL Std$13.075––
Windows SQL Std$14.432$13.023$12.092
Linux SQL Ent$27.808$26.399$25.468
RHEL SQL Ent$28.499––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$29.395––
Windows SQL Ent$30.752$29.343$28.412

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
StorageEBS only
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 volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5n.16xlarge
Familym5n
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 m5n sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m5n.large28$0.119
m5n.xlarge416$0.238
m5n.2xlarge832$0.476
m5n.4xlarge1664$0.952
m5n.8xlarge32128$1.904
m5n.12xlarge48192$2.856
m5n.16xlarge64256$3.808
m5n.24xlarge96384$5.712
m5n.metal96384$5.712

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