m5zn.metal

m5zn.metal is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8252). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.964 per hour on demand ($2,893.79 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.497 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.9883 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$3.964$0.9883$2.497$1.712$2.997$2.055
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.964$0.7154$2.497$1.712$2.997$2.055
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.964$0.8714$2.497$1.712$2.997$2.055
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.418$1.287$2.768$1.923$3.321$2.308
US West (N. California) us-west-1$4.625$0.625$2.899$2.013$3.479$2.415
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.749$0.8562$2.979$2.062$3.575$2.475
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$4.872$0.7543$3.024$2.112$3.629$2.527
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$4.956$0.9833$3.112$2.151$3.73$2.579
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$4.956$1.155$3.112$2.151$3.73$2.579
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$5.12$0.8899$3.205$2.232$3.846$2.679
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$6.318$0.6318$3.713$2.739$4.456$3.287
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$3.964$2.497$1.712
Ubuntu Pro$4.048––
SUSE$4.089$2.557$1.766
RHEL$4.482$3.016$2.231
Linux SQL Web$4.775$3.309$2.524
RHEL HA$5.154$3.688$2.903
RHEL SQL Web$5.294––
Windows$6.172$4.705$3.921
Windows SQL Web$6.983$5.517$4.732
Linux SQL Std$9.724$8.257$7.473
RHEL SQL Std$10.242––
RHEL HA SQL Std$10.915––
Windows SQL Std$11.932$10.465$9.681
Linux SQL Ent$21.964$20.497$19.712
RHEL SQL Ent$22.483––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$23.154––
Windows SQL Ent$24.172$22.705$21.921

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
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)192
NetworkingValue
Network100 Gbps
Network baseline100 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFAYes
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput19000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000
EBS max IOPS80,000
Max EBS volumes31
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5zn.metal
Familym5zn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

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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.