r5dn.2xlarge

r5dn.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.668 per hour on demand ($487.64 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.421 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2905 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$0.668$0.2905$0.421$0.272$0.484$0.312
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.668$0.2006$0.421$0.272$0.484$0.312
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.668$0.2556$0.421$0.272$0.484$0.312
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.708$0.0829$0.446$0.2952$0.5241$0.3395
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.744$0.316$0.469$0.311$0.55$0.358
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.784$0.1613$0.4939$0.3268$0.5697$0.3768
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.784$0.2978$0.4939$0.3277$0.5746$0.3743
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.796$0.2131$0.5015$0.3318$0.583$0.382
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.796$0.3618$0.501$0.332$0.589$0.382
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.8$0.3254$0.504$0.328$0.586$0.378
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.804–$0.5065$0.3282$0.589$0.3769
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.804–$0.507$0.328$0.589$0.377
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.812$0.2265$0.512$0.341$0.608$0.392
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.816$0.2565$0.5141$0.334$0.598$0.384
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.884$0.2912$0.5569$0.3628$0.6442$0.4268
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$0.668$0.421$0.272
Ubuntu Pro$0.682––
RHEL$0.7832$0.536$0.3872
Linux SQL Web$0.803$0.556$0.407
RHEL SQL Web$0.9184––
RHEL HA$0.9232$0.676$0.5272
Windows$1.036$0.789$0.64
Windows SQL Web$1.171$0.924$0.775
Linux SQL Std$1.628$1.381$1.232
RHEL SQL Std$1.743––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.883––
Windows SQL Std$1.996$1.749$1.60
Linux SQL Ent$3.668$3.421$3.272
RHEL SQL Ent$3.783––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.923––
Windows SQL Ent$4.036$3.789$3.64

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)64
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 25 Gbps
Network baseline8.125 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,300 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput287.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS18,750
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5dn.2xlarge
Familyr5dn
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
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.