cache.m5.24xlargevscache.r5.24xlarge

cache.m5.24xlarge is 28% cheaper than cache.r5.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,102.40 a month.

At a glancecache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlarge
On-demand$7.488/hr28% less$10.368/hr
Lowest rate$3.882/hr28% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$5.375/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size96 vCPUs, 314.32 GiB96 vCPUs, 635.61 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optioncache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlarge vs cache.m5.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$7.488$10.368▲ 38%
1-yr reservedNo upfront32% off$5.11132% off$7.076▲ 38%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$3.88248% off$5.375▲ 38%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where cache.m5.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$7.488 vs $10.368 per hour
28% cheaper
Where cache.r5.24xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)635.61 vs 314.32
2× higher

Specs

4 of 15 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 6 matchcache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differcache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)314.32635.61
NetworkingAll 3 matchcache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlarge
Network25 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline25 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps25 Gbps
Instance details2 of 4 differcache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlarge
Familym5r5
CategoryStandardMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Other1 of 1 differcache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlarge
Hardware Basism5.24xlarger5.24xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for cache.m5.24xlarge first. Redis, USD per hour.

Regioncache.m5.24xlargecache.r5.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.488$10.368▲ 38%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.488$10.368▲ 38%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.488$10.368▲ 38%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$7.805$10.67▲ 37%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$7.805$10.67▲ 37%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.843$10.973▲ 40%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.256$11.327▲ 37%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$8.256$11.327▲ 37%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.256$11.55▲ 40%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$8.256$11.55▲ 40%
EU (London)eu-west-2$8.64$12.141▲ 41%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$8.64$12.141▲ 41%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$8.669$12.127▲ 40%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$8.669$12.128▲ 40%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.736$11.55▲ 32%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$8.928$12.46▲ 40%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$9.082$12.705▲ 40%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$9.082$12.705▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$9.176$12.414▲ 35%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$9.331$12.414▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$9.331$12.414▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.331$12.414▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.331$12.414▲ 33%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$9.456$12.414▲ 31%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$9.456$12.414▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$9.642$12.414▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.642$12.414▲ 29%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$9.821$13.706▲ 40%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$9.825$13.745▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$10.264$13.655▲ 33%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$10.704$20.736▲ 94%

Keep exploring

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

cache.m5.24xlargeStandard, m5 family
cache.m5.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family
cache.r5.24xlargeMemory optimized, r5 family
cache.r5.24xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the r5 family

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