m5zn.3xlarge

m5zn.3xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 12 vCPUs, 48 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8252). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.991 per hour on demand ($723.43 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.6243 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3442 per hour. It is sold in 11 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$0.991$0.3442$0.6243$0.4281$0.7492$0.5137
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.991$0.276$0.6243$0.4281$0.7492$0.5137
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.991$0.476$0.6243$0.4281$0.7492$0.5137
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.105$0.4448$0.6919$0.4809$0.8303$0.5771
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.156$0.3241$0.7247$0.5032$0.8696$0.6038
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.187$0.4206$0.7447$0.5156$0.8937$0.6187
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.218$0.3284$0.756$0.5281$0.9072$0.6318
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.239$0.5385$0.778$0.5378$0.9324$0.6448
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.239$0.4089$0.778$0.5378$0.9324$0.6448
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.28$0.3739$0.8013$0.5581$0.9616$0.6697
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.579$0.1772$0.9283$0.6848$1.114$0.8217
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$0.991$0.6243$0.4281
Ubuntu Pro$1.012––
SUSE$1.116$0.6843$0.4821
RHEL$1.121$0.7539$0.5577
Linux SQL Web$1.194$0.8271$0.6309
RHEL HA$1.289$0.9219$0.7257
RHEL SQL Web$1.323––
Windows$1.543$1.176$0.9801
Windows SQL Web$1.746$1.379$1.183
Linux SQL Std$2.431$2.064$1.868
RHEL SQL Std$2.561––
RHEL HA SQL Std$2.729––
Windows SQL Std$2.983$2.616$2.42
Linux SQL Ent$5.491$5.124$4.928
RHEL SQL Ent$5.621––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$5.789––
Windows SQL Ent$6.043$5.676$5.48

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs12
Physical cores6
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed4.5 GHz
Sustained clock4.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)48
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 25 Gbps
Network baseline15 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput4750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,000
EBS max IOPS20,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5zn.3xlarge
Familym5zn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor24
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Other m5zn sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m5zn.large28$0.1652
m5zn.xlarge416$0.3303
m5zn.2xlarge832$0.6607
m5zn.3xlarge1248$0.991
m5zn.6xlarge2496$1.982
m5zn.12xlarge48192$3.964
m5zn.metal48192$3.964

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