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m5 EC2 instance family

Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL at 3.1 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 96 vCPUs, 8 to 384 GiB

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m5 prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
m5.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.0101 $0.1010 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00505
m5.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0224 $0.2020 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00559
m5.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.0404 $0.4040 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00505
m5.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.0816 $0.8160 eu-north-1 of 29 $0.00510
m5.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $0.1616 $1.616 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00505
m5.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $0.2424 $2.424 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00505
m5.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $0.3232 $3.232 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00505
m5.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $0.4896 $4.896 eu-north-1 of 29 $0.00510
m5.metal96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $0.4848 $4.848 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00505

Per hour on Linux/UNIX, in each type's cheapest region. Typical spot: per pricing run of the last 7 days, the cheapest zone's spot price, averaged, as the finder shows it with that region selected. On-demand: the same region's price. Per vCPU-hour: the spot price, or without spot the on-demand price, per vCPU. Every region is under Prices by region.

The M5 General Purpose instance family, launched in November 2017, features 1st and 2nd generation Intel Xeon Platinum processors, including the 8259CL model, with an all-core turbo frequency of up to 3.1 GHz. These instances provide up to 25 Gbps of network bandwidth using Enhanced Networking and rely on Amazon EBS for persistent block storage. Built on the AWS Nitro System, a key feature is support for the Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) instruction set. They offer a balance of compute, memory, and network resources suitable for a wide range of workloads.

Written by Gemini from web sources and not checked: the specs and prices on this page come from AWS.

vCPUs
2 to 96
Memory
8 to 384 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL
Sustained clock
3.1 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
1703 measured on m5, 2025-11-20
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
m5.large 2 8 GiB EBS only up to 10 (0.75 baseline) up to 4.75 (0.65 baseline)
m5.xlarge 4 16 GiB EBS only up to 10 (1.25 baseline) up to 4.75 (1.15 baseline)
m5.2xlarge 8 32 GiB EBS only up to 10 (2.5 baseline) up to 4.75 (2.3 baseline)
m5.4xlarge 16 64 GiB EBS only up to 10 (5 baseline) 4.75
m5.8xlarge 32 128 GiB EBS only 10 6.8
m5.12xlarge 48 192 GiB EBS only 12 9.5
m5.16xlarge 64 256 GiB EBS only 20 13.6
m5.24xlarge 96 384 GiB EBS only 25 19
m5.metal 96 384 GiB EBS only 25 19

Network and EBS: peak bandwidth in Gbit/s, with the bandwidth the type sustains when it is lower. Local storage: the instance store, in decimal GB as AWS sizes it.

#1
4257
#3
3803 3801–3803
#30
3115 3105–3115
#32
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
2700
#40
2596 2549–2596
#48
2303 2269–2303
#64
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1746–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

These families have no PassMark single-thread score yet, so they are not ranked.

29 regions with a price in the last 7 days. Select up to 4 to compare them in the price history charts under Prices by region.

Each type's regions on Linux/UNIX, cheapest first, with the same figures as the Prices table, and its price history: the daily mean of every zone and pricing run, over the last 15 UTC days. Each price column is tinted from its cheapest region (green) to its most expensive (red).

m5.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 29 regions
m5.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0101 $0.1010 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0120 $0.1200 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0138 $0.1020 86%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0198 $0.1320 85%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0204 $0.1180 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0205 $0.1120 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0242 $0.0960 75%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0244 $0.1270 81%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0253 $0.1200 79%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0256 $0.1270 80%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0265 $0.1530 83%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0292 $0.1120 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0298 $0.1010 70%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0334 $0.1120 70%
eu-west-2 London $0.0345 $0.1110 69%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0358 $0.1070 67%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0359 $0.0960 63%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0379 $0.1240 69%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0382 $0.1120 66%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0422 $0.0960 56%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0431 $0.1200 64%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0450 $0.1200 63%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0474 $0.1070 56%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0483 $0.1180 59%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0487 $0.1070 55%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0487 $0.1150 58%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0489 $0.1240 61%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0509 $0.1070 52%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.1180
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 29 regions
m5.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0224 $0.2020 89%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0236 $0.2360 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0240 $0.2400 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0258 $0.2040 87%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0308 $0.2140 86%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0314 $0.3060 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0393 $0.1920 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0568 $0.1920 70%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0581 $0.2240 74%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0585 $0.2140 73%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0601 $0.1920 69%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0612 $0.2140 71%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0621 $0.2020 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0646 $0.2480 74%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0650 $0.2240 71%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0651 $0.2400 73%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0659 $0.2640 75%
eu-west-2 London $0.0660 $0.2220 70%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0692 $0.2240 69%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0698 $0.2400 71%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0761 $0.2300 67%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0799 $0.2540 69%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0821 $0.2400 66%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0828 $0.2480 67%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0854 $0.2530 66%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0927 $0.2140 57%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0962 $0.2350 59%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1101 $0.2250 51%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.2350
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 29 regions
m5.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0404 $0.4040 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0462 $0.4080 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0480 $0.4800 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0554 $0.4720 88%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0710 $0.5280 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0730 $0.6120 88%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0741 $0.4480 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0750 $0.5060 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0787 $0.3840 80%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0794 $0.4800 83%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0863 $0.5080 83%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0885 $0.4280 79%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0885 $0.4480 80%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0967 $0.4490 78%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1017 $0.4280 76%
eu-west-2 London $0.1072 $0.4440 76%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.1177 $0.4280 73%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1287 $0.4480 71%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1418 $0.4040 65%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1451 $0.3840 62%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1602 $0.4800 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1653 $0.4600 64%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1704 $0.3840 56%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1747 $0.4960 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1804 $0.4800 62%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1841 $0.4960 63%
me-central-1 UAE $0.1928 $0.4710 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2023 $0.4280 53%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.4710
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB, 29 regions
m5.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0816 $0.8160 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0839 $0.8080 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0856 $0.8560 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0960 $0.9600 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0961 $0.8560 89%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1063 $0.8990 88%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1287 $0.9440 86%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1414 $0.8960 84%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1550 $1.012 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.1615 $0.9600 83%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1623 $0.7680 79%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1684 $0.8560 80%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.1695 $1.016 83%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1727 $0.8080 79%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1733 $1.224 86%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1733 $0.8960 81%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2077 $0.7680 73%
eu-west-2 London $0.2380 $0.8880 73%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2503 $0.8960 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.2578 $0.9920 74%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.3051 $0.9600 68%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3161 $0.7680 59%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.3263 $0.9200 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.3673 $0.9920 63%
me-central-1 UAE $0.3856 $0.9420 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.3948 $0.8560 54%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4150 $1.056 61%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4302 $0.9600 55%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.9420
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB, 29 regions
m5.8xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.1616 $1.616 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1632 $1.632 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1712 $1.712 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.1920 $1.920 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2430 $1.536 84%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2756 $1.888 85%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.2918 $1.792 84%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.3180 $2.032 84%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.3202 $1.920 83%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.3416 $1.712 80%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3480 $2.448 86%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.3575 $1.798 80%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.3789 $2.024 81%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4166 $1.712 76%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.4278 $1.536 72%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4444 $1.616 73%
us-west-1 N. California $0.4469 $1.792 75%
eu-west-2 London $0.4794 $1.776 73%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.5189 $1.984 74%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.5191 $1.536 66%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.5473 $1.792 69%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.6201 $1.984 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.6269 $1.840 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.6307 $1.920 67%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.7467 $1.712 56%
me-central-1 UAE $0.7709 $1.883 59%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.7855 $1.920 59%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.9078 $2.112 57%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $1.883
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB, 29 regions
m5.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2424 $2.424 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2696 $2.696 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.2880 $2.880 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.3172 $2.304 86%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.3554 $2.448 85%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3672 $3.672 90%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.3902 $3.168 88%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4201 $2.568 84%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.4317 $2.688 84%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.4578 $3.036 85%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4739 $3.048 84%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.4806 $2.880 83%
eu-west-2 London $0.5289 $2.664 80%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.5349 $2.568 79%
us-west-1 N. California $0.5712 $2.688 79%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.5782 $2.424 76%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.6244 $2.304 73%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.6376 $2.832 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.6444 $2.304 72%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.7126 $2.688 73%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7575 $2.976 75%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.7770 $2.976 74%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.8641 $2.880 70%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.9421 $2.760 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.063 $2.880 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.126 $2.568 56%
me-central-1 UAE $1.156 $2.825 59%
ca-west-1 Calgary $2.568 $2.568 0%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $2.825
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB, 29 regions
m5.16xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.3232 $3.232 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.3264 $3.264 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.3424 $3.424 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.3840 $3.840 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5002 $3.776 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.5446 $4.896 89%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.5781 $4.224 86%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.5822 $3.072 81%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.5942 $3.595 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.6134 $3.584 83%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.6943 $3.840 82%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.6974 $4.064 83%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7390 $3.072 76%
us-west-1 N. California $0.7880 $3.584 78%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.8373 $3.232 74%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8969 $3.424 74%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.018 $3.968 74%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.044 $3.072 66%
eu-west-2 London $1.127 $3.552 68%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.134 $3.584 68%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.157 $3.968 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.199 $3.840 69%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.283 $4.048 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.298 $3.680 65%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.461 $3.840 62%
me-central-1 UAE $1.542 $3.766 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.562 $3.424 54%
ca-west-1 Calgary $3.424 $3.424 0%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $3.766
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 29 regions
m5.24xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.4896 $4.896 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.5269 $4.848 89%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.5393 $5.393 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.5618 $4.608 88%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.5760 $5.760 90%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.6072 $6.072 90%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.7344 $7.344 90%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.7757 $6.336 88%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.8379 $5.376 84%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8508 $5.376 84%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.9280 $6.096 85%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.9375 $4.848 81%
eu-west-2 London $0.9747 $5.328 82%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.026 $5.136 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.033 $4.608 78%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.176 $5.760 80%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.198 $5.664 79%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.214 $5.952 80%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.242 $5.520 77%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.427 $5.760 75%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.637 $5.952 72%
eu-south-2 Spain $1.683 $5.136 67%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.748 $5.376 67%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.921 $5.760 67%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.986 $4.608 57%
me-central-1 UAE $2.313 $5.650 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.322 $5.136 55%
ca-west-1 Calgary $5.136 $5.136 0%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $5.650
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5.metal96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 29 regions
m5.metal prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4848 $4.848 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.4896 $4.896 90%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.5376 $5.376 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.5393 $5.393 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5664 $5.664 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.5760 $5.760 90%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.5952 $5.952 90%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.6072 $6.072 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6077 $4.608 87%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.7034 $5.136 86%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.7344 $7.344 90%
us-west-1 N. California $0.7463 $5.376 86%
eu-west-2 London $0.8032 $5.328 85%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.8665 $6.336 86%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.9832 $4.608 79%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.9937 $6.096 84%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.016 $4.608 78%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.074 $5.760 81%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.092 $4.848 77%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.105 $5.952 81%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.124 $5.520 80%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.132 $5.136 78%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.233 $5.136 76%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.302 $5.760 77%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.738 $5.376 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.005 $5.760 65%
me-central-1 UAE $2.313 $5.650 59%
ca-west-1 Calgary $5.136 $5.136 0%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $5.650
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.