m5zn.xlarge

m5zn.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8252). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.3303 per hour on demand ($241.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2081 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1092 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$0.3303$0.1092$0.2081$0.1427$0.2497$0.1712
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.3303$0.0825$0.2081$0.1427$0.2497$0.1712
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.3303$0.1418$0.2081$0.1427$0.2497$0.1712
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.3682$0.1417$0.2306$0.1603$0.2768$0.1924
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.3854$0.0983$0.2416$0.1677$0.2899$0.2013
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.3957$0.1361$0.2482$0.1719$0.2979$0.2062
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.406$0.1286$0.252$0.176$0.3024$0.2106
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.413$0.1589$0.2593$0.1793$0.3108$0.2149
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.413$0.127$0.2593$0.1793$0.3108$0.2149
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.4267$0.1037$0.2671$0.186$0.3205$0.2232
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.5265$0.1072$0.3094$0.2283$0.3713$0.2739
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$0.3303$0.2081$0.1427
Ubuntu Pro$0.3373––
SUSE$0.3866$0.2581$0.1877
RHEL$0.3879$0.2657$0.2003
Linux SQL Web$0.3979$0.2757$0.2103
RHEL SQL Web$0.4555––
RHEL HA$0.4579$0.3357$0.2703
Windows$0.5143$0.3921$0.3267
Windows SQL Web$0.5819$0.4597$0.3943
Linux SQL Std$0.8103$0.6881$0.6227
RHEL SQL Std$0.8679––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.9379––
Windows SQL Std$0.9943$0.8721$0.8067
Linux SQL Ent$1.83$1.708$1.643
RHEL SQL Ent$1.888––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.958––
Windows SQL Ent$2.014$1.892$1.827

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 25 Gbps
Network baseline5 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 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,564 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput195.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,667
EBS max IOPS13,333
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5zn.xlarge
Familym5zn
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.