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.