cache.m4.largevscache.m5.large

cache.m4.large and cache.m5.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.156 per hour.

At a glancecache.m4.largecache.m5.large
On-demand$0.156/hr$0.156/hr
Size2 vCPUs, 6.42 GiB2 vCPUs, 6.38 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Redis, USD per hour.

Optioncache.m4.largecache.m5.largecache.m5.large vs cache.m4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.156$0.156Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront—32% off$0.106—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—48% off$0.081—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.m4.large leads
Memory (GiB)6.42 vs 6.38
1% higher
Where cache.m5.large leads
Network peak10 Gbps vs 1.2 Gbps
8.3× higher
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
29% higher

Specs

8 of 15 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 6 differcache.m4.largecache.m5.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differcache.m4.largecache.m5.large
Memory (GiB)6.426.38
Networking3 of 3 differcache.m4.largecache.m5.large
NetworkModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.45 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps10 Gbps
Instance details2 of 4 differcache.m4.largecache.m5.large
Familym4m5
CategoryStandardStandard
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3.24
Other1 of 1 differcache.m4.largecache.m5.large
Hardware Basism4.largem5.large

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.m4.large first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.m4.largecache.m5.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.156$0.156Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.156$0.156Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.156$0.156Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.172$0.172Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.172$0.172Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.18$0.18Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.182$0.182Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.186$0.186Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.215$0.191▼ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.218$0.194▼ 11%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.22$0.163▼ 26%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.223$0.223Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.226$0.201▼ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.231$0.194▼ 16%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

cache.m4.largeStandard, m4 family
cache.m4.large prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

Compare cache.m4.large with

cache.r4.large
cache.m5.largeStandard, m5 family
cache.m5.large prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family

Compare cache.m5.large with

cache.r5.large

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AWS ElastiCache Redis prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.