m5n.xlarge

m5n.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 $0.238 per hour on demand ($173.74 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.15 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0828 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$0.238$0.0828$0.15$0.092$0.174$0.105
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.238$0.0615$0.15$0.092$0.174$0.105
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.238$0.0926$0.15$0.092$0.174$0.105
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.266$0.1227$0.168$0.115$0.215$0.133
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.282$0.1063$0.178$0.122$0.229$0.149
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.292$0.1237$0.184$0.114$0.22$0.132
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.298–$0.188$0.119$0.232$0.136
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.298–$0.188$0.119$0.232$0.136
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.306$0.1005$0.193$0.132$0.246$0.156
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$0.238$0.15$0.092
Ubuntu Pro$0.245––
SUSE$0.294$0.2$0.137
RHEL$0.296$0.208$0.149
Linux SQL Web$0.306$0.218$0.159
RHEL SQL Web$0.363––
RHEL HA$0.366$0.278$0.219
Windows$0.422$0.334$0.276
Windows SQL Web$0.49$0.402$0.343
Linux SQL Std$0.718$0.63$0.572
RHEL SQL Std$0.776––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.846––
Windows SQL Std$0.902$0.814$0.756
Linux SQL Ent$1.738$1.65$1.592
RHEL SQL Ent$1.796––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.866––
Windows SQL Ent$1.922$1.834$1.776

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
StorageEBS only
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 volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5n.xlarge
Familym5n
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.