m5n.large

m5n.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 $0.119 per hour on demand ($86.87 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.075 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0372 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$0.119$0.0372$0.075$0.046$0.087$0.053
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.119$0.027$0.075$0.046$0.087$0.053
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.119$0.0398$0.075$0.046$0.087$0.053
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.133$0.0555$0.084$0.057$0.107$0.066
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.141$0.0524$0.089$0.061$0.115$0.074
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.146$0.054$0.092$0.057$0.11$0.066
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.149–$0.094$0.059$0.116$0.068
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.149–$0.094$0.059$0.116$0.068
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.153$0.0488$0.096$0.066$0.123$0.078
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$0.119$0.075$0.046
Ubuntu Pro$0.123––
RHEL$0.148$0.104$0.075
SUSE$0.175$0.1$0.068
RHEL HA$0.183$0.139$0.11
Linux SQL Web$0.187$0.143$0.113
Windows$0.211$0.167$0.138
RHEL SQL Web$0.215––
Windows SQL Web$0.279$0.235$0.205
Linux SQL Std$0.599$0.555$0.526
RHEL SQL Std$0.628––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.663––
Windows SQL Std$0.691$0.647$0.618

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
StorageEBS only
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 volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5n.large
Familym5n
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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With or without local disk and networking

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Burstable

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Other generations

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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.