r5dn.16xlarge

r5dn.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 512 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $5.344 per hour on demand ($3,901.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $3.367 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $1.172 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.

Region	On-demand	Spot	1-yr reserved	3-yr reserved	1-yr savings plan	3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1	$5.344	$1.172	$3.367	$2.176	$3.872	$2.499
US East (Ohio) us-east-2	$5.344	$1.763	$3.367	$2.176	$3.872	$2.499
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$5.344	$1.612	$3.367	$2.176	$3.872	$2.499
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1	$5.664	$1.354	$3.568	$2.361	$4.193	$2.716
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$5.952	$2.606	$3.75	$2.488	$4.40	$2.861
EU (Milan) eu-south-1	$6.272	$0.6272	$3.951	$2.615	$4.557	$3.014
EU (Paris) eu-west-3	$6.272	$1.685	$3.951	$2.622	$4.597	$2.994
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2	$6.368	$1.60	$4.012	$2.655	$4.667	$3.054
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1	$6.368	$2.547	$4.012	$2.655	$4.714	$3.054
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1	$6.40	$2.044	$4.032	$2.627	$4.691	$3.021
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1	$6.432	–	$4.052	$2.626	$4.714	$3.015
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1	$6.432	–	$4.052	$2.626	$4.714	$3.015
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$6.496	$1.097	$4.092	$2.729	$4.863	$3.136
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2	$6.528	$2.89	$4.113	$2.672	$4.784	$3.074
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1	$7.072	$1.417	$4.455	$2.902	$5.153	$3.414

Reserved and Savings Plans Spot prices by region Windows prices by region Azure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Linux	$5.344	$3.367	$2.176
Ubuntu Pro	$5.456	–	–
RHEL	$6.035	$4.058	$2.867
Linux SQL Web	$6.426	$4.448	$3.257
RHEL HA	$6.931	$4.954	$3.763
RHEL SQL Web	$7.117	–	–
Windows	$8.288	$6.311	$5.12
Windows SQL Web	$9.37	$7.392	$6.201
Linux SQL Std	$13.024	$11.047	$9.856
RHEL SQL Std	$13.715	–	–
RHEL HA SQL Std	$14.611	–	–
Windows SQL Std	$15.968	$13.991	$12.80
Linux SQL Ent	$29.344	$27.367	$26.176
RHEL SQL Ent	$30.035	–	–
RHEL HA SQL Ent	$30.931	–	–
Windows SQL Ent	$32.288	$30.311	$29.12

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	64
Physical cores	32
Threads per core	2
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU maker	Intel
Clock speed	3.1 GHz
Sustained clock	3.1 GHz
Burstable	No

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	512

Networking	Value
Network	75 Gbps
Network baseline	75 Gbps
Network peak	75 Gbps
Enhanced networking	Yes (ENA)
EFA	No
IPv6	Yes
Max network interfaces	15
IPv4 addresses per interface	50

Storage	Value
Storage	4 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks	4 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimized	Yes
EBS over NVMe	Required
EBS throughput	10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth	13,600 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth	13,600 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput	1,700 MB/s
EBS max throughput	1,700 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS	60,000
EBS max IOPS	60,000
Max EBS volumes	23

Instance details	Value
Instance type	r5dn.16xlarge
Family	r5dn
Category	Memory optimized
Current generation	Yes
Normalization factor	128
Bare metal	No
Hypervisor	Nitro
Placement groups	Cluster, Partition, Spread
Hibernation	No
Nitro Enclaves	Yes
Boot modes	Legacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other r5dn sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
r5dn.large	2	16	$0.167
r5dn.xlarge	4	32	$0.334
r5dn.2xlarge	8	64	$0.668
r5dn.4xlarge	16	128	$1.336
r5dn.8xlarge	32	256	$2.672
r5dn.12xlarge	48	384	$4.008
r5dn.16xlarge	64	512	$5.344
r5dn.24xlarge	96	768	$8.016
r5dn.metal	96	768	$8.016

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