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m5d 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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m5d prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
m5d.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.0122 $0.1220 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00610
m5d.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0244 $0.2440 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00611
m5d.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.0488 $0.4880 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00610
m5d.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.0976 $0.9760 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00610
m5d.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $0.2016 $2.016 ca-west-1 of 29 $0.00630
m5d.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $0.2928 $2.928 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00610
m5d.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $0.3904 $3.904 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00610
m5d.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $0.5760 $5.760 eu-north-1 of 29 $0.00600
m5d.metal96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $0.5856 $5.856 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00610

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 M5D instance family, generally available since June 2018, features 2nd generation Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL processors for general-purpose workloads. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System and include high-speed, low-latency local NVMe-based SSD storage up to 3.6 TB. They offer up to 25 Gbps of enhanced networking bandwidth, and the processor supports the Intel AVX-512 instruction set. This makes them suitable for applications requiring balanced resources and temporary local storage.

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
1853 measured on m5d, 2025-11-20
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
m5d.large 2 8 GiB 75 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (0.75 baseline) up to 4.75 (0.65 baseline)
m5d.xlarge 4 16 GiB 150 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (1.25 baseline) up to 4.75 (1.15 baseline)
m5d.2xlarge 8 32 GiB 300 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (2.5 baseline) up to 4.75 (2.3 baseline)
m5d.4xlarge 16 64 GiB 2 × 300 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (5 baseline) 4.75
m5d.8xlarge 32 128 GiB 2 × 600 GB NVMe SSD 10 6.8
m5d.12xlarge 48 192 GiB 2 × 900 GB NVMe SSD 12 9.5
m5d.16xlarge 64 256 GiB 4 × 600 GB NVMe SSD 20 13.6
m5d.24xlarge 96 384 GiB 4 × 900 GB NVMe SSD 25 19
m5d.metal 96 384 GiB 4 × 900 GB NVMe SSD 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).

m5d.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0122 $0.1220 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0131 $0.1260 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0141 $0.1410 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0205 $0.1200 83%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0211 $0.1390 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0276 $0.1130 76%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0308 $0.1260 76%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0325 $0.1800 82%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0347 $0.1320 74%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0397 $0.1550 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0402 $0.1220 67%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0408 $0.1420 71%
eu-west-2 London $0.0418 $0.1310 68%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0423 $0.1330 68%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0428 $0.1500 71%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0434 $0.1260 66%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0446 $0.1320 66%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0459 $0.1500 69%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0462 $0.1130 59%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0477 $0.1130 58%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0490 $0.1320 63%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0531 $0.1460 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0543 $0.1360 60%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0554 $0.1260 56%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0557 $0.1460 62%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0557 $0.1410 60%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0569 $0.1390 59%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0603 $0.1420 58%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.1390
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0244 $0.2440 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0252 $0.2520 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0282 $0.2820 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0325 $0.2400 86%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0386 $0.2780 86%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0511 $0.2840 82%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0606 $0.2640 77%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0632 $0.2520 75%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0660 $0.3600 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0668 $0.2260 70%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0671 $0.3100 78%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0767 $0.2650 71%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0791 $0.2920 73%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0864 $0.3000 71%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0896 $0.2990 70%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0914 $0.2520 64%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0924 $0.2440 62%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0955 $0.2260 58%
eu-west-2 London $0.0977 $0.2620 63%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0988 $0.2260 56%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1016 $0.2640 62%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1062 $0.2660 60%
me-central-1 UAE $0.1134 $0.2770 59%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1140 $0.2920 61%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1217 $0.2720 55%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1230 $0.2820 56%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1273 $0.2520 49%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1327 $0.2840 53%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.2770
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0488 $0.4880 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0504 $0.5040 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0564 $0.5640 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0565 $0.5040 89%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0614 $0.5560 89%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1000 $0.5980 83%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1048 $0.7200 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.1115 $0.5680 80%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1240 $0.4520 73%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1287 $0.5290 76%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1419 $0.4520 69%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1424 $0.5280 73%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1591 $0.4800 67%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1599 $0.6200 74%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1666 $0.5840 71%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1826 $0.5040 64%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.1904 $0.6000 68%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1973 $0.5320 63%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2205 $0.4880 55%
me-central-1 UAE $0.2268 $0.5540 59%
eu-west-2 London $0.2270 $0.5240 57%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2387 $0.5440 56%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2400 $0.5280 55%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2487 $0.5840 57%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2588 $0.4520 43%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2630 $0.5040 48%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2700 $0.5640 52%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.3105 $0.5680 45%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.5540
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0976 $0.9760 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1008 $1.008 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.1128 $1.128 90%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.1183 $1.136 90%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1794 $1.056 83%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1826 $0.9600 81%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1879 $1.197 84%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.1925 $1.008 81%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1955 $1.112 82%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2233 $1.058 79%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2324 $0.9040 74%
us-west-1 N. California $0.3031 $1.064 72%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.3115 $1.008 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.3175 $1.168 73%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.3269 $1.056 69%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.3462 $0.9040 62%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3492 $0.9040 61%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3737 $0.9760 62%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4004 $1.200 67%
eu-west-2 London $0.4276 $1.048 59%
me-central-1 UAE $0.4540 $1.109 59%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4710 $1.136 59%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4864 $1.088 55%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4877 $1.168 58%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4890 $1.128 57%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.5039 $1.008 50%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.5220 $1.440 64%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.6571 $1.240 47%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $1.109
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.8xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.2016 $2.016 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.2056 $2.016 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2184 $1.952 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.2256 $2.256 90%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.2272 $2.272 90%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.3553 $2.112 83%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.3658 $1.920 81%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.3685 $2.394 85%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.4098 $2.117 81%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4223 $1.808 77%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4563 $2.224 79%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4732 $2.480 81%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.5710 $2.016 72%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.6156 $2.112 71%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.6212 $1.952 68%
eu-west-2 London $0.6266 $2.096 70%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.6449 $1.808 64%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.6779 $1.808 63%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.7557 $2.336 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.7686 $2.272 66%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.7767 $2.400 68%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7870 $2.336 66%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8109 $2.128 62%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.8140 $2.256 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8974 $2.176 59%
me-central-1 UAE $0.9080 $2.218 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9419 $2.016 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.448 $2.880 50%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $2.218
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2928 $2.928 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.3024 $3.024 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.3175 $3.175 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.3384 $3.384 90%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.3408 $3.408 90%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4363 $3.720 88%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4872 $3.336 85%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.5147 $3.168 84%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.5176 $3.590 86%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.5456 $2.880 81%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.5487 $2.712 80%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.5518 $3.600 85%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.5644 $3.024 81%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.6152 $2.928 79%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.6356 $3.024 79%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.7019 $3.168 78%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7259 $2.712 73%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7579 $3.504 78%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.8009 $2.712 70%
eu-west-2 London $0.8494 $3.144 73%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.9092 $3.504 74%
us-west-1 N. California $0.9123 $3.192 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.038 $3.384 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.106 $3.264 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.257 $3.408 63%
me-central-1 UAE $1.362 $3.326 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.476 $3.024 51%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $2.513 $4.320 42%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $3.326
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.16xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.3904 $3.904 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.4032 $4.032 90%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.4224 $4.224 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.4234 $4.234 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.4512 $4.512 90%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.4544 $4.544 90%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4800 $4.800 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4832 $4.448 89%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.5109 $4.032 87%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.5743 $4.960 88%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.5744 $4.672 88%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.6992 $4.787 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.7570 $3.616 79%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.7925 $3.840 79%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8457 $4.032 79%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.9009 $3.904 77%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.9763 $4.224 77%
us-west-1 N. California $1.238 $4.256 71%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.243 $3.616 66%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.262 $3.616 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.353 $4.672 71%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.365 $4.512 70%
eu-west-2 London $1.396 $4.192 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.511 $4.352 65%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.615 $4.544 64%
me-central-1 UAE $1.816 $4.435 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.879 $4.032 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $2.944 $5.760 49%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $4.435
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.24xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.5760 $5.760 90%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.5856 $5.856 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.6048 $6.048 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.6048 $6.048 90%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.6336 $6.336 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.6350 $6.350 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.6768 $6.768 90%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.6816 $6.816 90%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.7008 $7.008 90%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.7200 $7.200 90%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.7440 $7.440 90%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8688 $6.048 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.071 $5.856 82%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.097 $6.336 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.129 $7.181 84%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.266 $5.424 77%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.318 $6.672 80%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.376 $7.008 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.505 $5.424 72%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.568 $6.768 77%
us-west-1 N. California $1.740 $6.384 73%
eu-west-2 London $1.756 $6.288 72%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.829 $6.528 72%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.401 $6.816 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.420 $6.048 60%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.555 $5.424 53%
me-central-1 UAE $2.724 $6.653 59%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $3.421 $8.640 60%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $6.653
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5d.metal96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 29 regions
m5d.metal prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.5856 $5.856 90%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.6350 $6.350 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.6442 $6.048 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.6768 $6.768 90%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.6816 $6.816 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.7197 $6.672 89%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.8115 $5.760 86%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.8640 $8.640 90%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.8771 $7.440 88%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8835 $5.424 84%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.094 $5.856 81%
af-south-1 Cape Town $1.149 $7.200 84%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.181 $7.181 84%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.367 $7.008 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.386 $5.424 74%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.467 $6.048 76%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.499 $6.768 78%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.512 $6.336 76%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.584 $6.048 74%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.624 $6.336 74%
us-west-1 N. California $1.734 $6.384 73%
eu-west-2 London $1.757 $6.288 72%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.775 $5.424 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.980 $6.528 70%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.169 $6.816 68%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $2.622 $7.008 63%
me-central-1 UAE $2.724 $6.653 59%
ca-west-1 Calgary $6.025 $6.048 0%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $6.653
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.