r5dn.12xlarge

r5dn.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.008 per hour on demand ($2,925.84 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.525 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.9089 per hour. It is sold in 15 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$4.008$0.9089$2.525$1.632$2.904$1.874
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$4.008$1.118$2.525$1.632$2.904$1.874
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$4.008$1.339$2.525$1.632$2.904$1.874
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$4.248$0.4248$2.676$1.771$3.145$2.037
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.464$1.634$2.812$1.866$3.30$2.145
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$4.704$0.8374$2.963$1.961$3.418$2.261
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$4.704$0.7898$2.963$1.966$3.448$2.245
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$4.776$1.049$3.009$1.991$3.50$2.29
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.776$1.621$3.009$1.991$3.535$2.29
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$4.80$1.526$3.024$1.97$3.518$2.265
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$4.824–$3.039$1.969$3.535$2.261
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$4.824–$3.039$1.969$3.536$2.261
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$4.872$0.9204$3.069$2.047$3.647$2.352
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$4.896$1.335$3.084$2.004$3.588$2.305
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$5.304$1.122$3.341$2.177$3.865$2.561
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$4.008$2.525$1.632
Ubuntu Pro$4.092––
RHEL$4.526$3.043$2.15
Linux SQL Web$4.819$3.336$2.443
RHEL HA$5.198$3.715$2.822
RHEL SQL Web$5.338––
Windows$6.216$4.733$3.84
Windows SQL Web$7.027$5.544$4.651
Linux SQL Std$9.768$8.285$7.392
RHEL SQL Std$10.286––
RHEL HA SQL Std$10.958––
Windows SQL Std$11.976$10.493$9.60
Linux SQL Ent$22.008$20.525$19.632
RHEL SQL Ent$22.526––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$23.198––
Windows SQL Ent$24.216$22.733$21.84

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
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)384
NetworkingValue
Network50 Gbps
Network baseline50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 900 GB NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput6000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5dn.12xlarge
Familyr5dn
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other r5dn sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r5dn.large216$0.167
r5dn.xlarge432$0.334
r5dn.2xlarge864$0.668
r5dn.4xlarge16128$1.336
r5dn.8xlarge32256$2.672
r5dn.12xlarge48384$4.008
r5dn.16xlarge64512$5.344
r5dn.24xlarge96768$8.016
r5dn.metal96768$8.016

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