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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 Windows, 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 $0.1033 $0.2050 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0517
m5d.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.2066 $0.4100 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0517
m5d.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.4132 $0.8200 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0517
m5d.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.8264 $1.640 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0517
m5d.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $1.653 $3.280 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0517
m5d.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $2.479 $4.920 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0516
m5d.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $3.306 $6.560 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0517
m5d.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $4.958 $9.840 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0516
m5d.metal96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $4.958 $9.840 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0516

Per hour on Windows, 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 Windows, 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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1033 $0.2050 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1033 $0.2050 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1040 $0.2120 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.1042 $0.2140 51%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1046 $0.2180 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1059 $0.2310 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.1061 $0.2330 54%
eu-west-2 London $0.1071 $0.2230 52%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1080 $0.2050 47%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.1086 $0.2180 50%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1090 $0.2250 52%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1094 $0.2140 49%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1099 $0.2240 51%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1100 $0.2720 60%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1104 $0.2470 55%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1114 $0.2180 49%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1128 $0.2240 50%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1136 $0.2420 53%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1141 $0.2340 51%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.1149 $0.2420 53%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.1154 $0.2340 51%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1158 $0.2330 50%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1160 $0.2240 48%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1178 $0.2380 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1184 $0.2280 48%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1225 $0.2180 44%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1298 $0.2380 45%
me-central-1 UAE $0.1489 $0.2310 36%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.2310
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2066 $0.4100 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2066 $0.4100 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.2080 $0.4240 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2084 $0.4280 51%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.2092 $0.4360 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.2092 $0.4360 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2118 $0.4620 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.2122 $0.4660 54%
eu-west-2 London $0.2137 $0.4460 52%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2159 $0.4100 47%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2180 $0.4500 52%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2187 $0.4280 49%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2198 $0.4480 51%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2200 $0.5440 60%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.2208 $0.4940 55%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.2220 $0.4360 49%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2258 $0.4680 52%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.2258 $0.4480 50%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2260 $0.4490 50%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.2270 $0.4830 53%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.2297 $0.4840 53%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.2307 $0.4680 51%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2317 $0.4660 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2323 $0.4560 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2356 $0.4760 51%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.2596 $0.4760 45%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2646 $0.4360 39%
me-central-1 UAE $0.2974 $0.4610 35%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.4610
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.4132 $0.8200 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4132 $0.8200 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.4160 $0.8480 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4168 $0.8560 51%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.4184 $0.8720 52%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.4206 $0.8720 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4236 $0.9240 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.4244 $0.9320 54%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.4248 $0.9360 55%
eu-west-2 London $0.4273 $0.8920 52%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.4304 $0.8970 52%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.4317 $0.8200 47%
us-west-1 N. California $0.4358 $0.9000 52%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4374 $0.8560 49%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.4395 $0.8960 51%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4400 $1.088 60%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4419 $0.9880 55%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4439 $0.8720 49%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.4512 $0.8960 50%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4513 $0.9360 52%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.4539 $0.9660 53%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4594 $0.9680 53%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4633 $0.9320 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4645 $0.9120 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4713 $0.9520 50%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4885 $0.8720 44%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.5194 $0.9520 45%
me-central-1 UAE $0.5948 $0.9220 35%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.9220
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.8264 $1.640 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8264 $1.640 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.8320 $1.696 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.8336 $1.712 51%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.8368 $1.744 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.8472 $1.848 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.8488 $1.864 54%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.8496 $1.872 55%
eu-west-2 London $0.8549 $1.784 52%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.8600 $1.976 56%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.8635 $1.640 47%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.8639 $1.794 52%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8718 $1.800 52%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.8747 $1.712 49%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.8753 $1.933 55%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.8791 $1.792 51%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.8800 $2.176 60%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8877 $1.744 49%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.9028 $1.872 52%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.9031 $1.792 50%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.9195 $1.936 53%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.9265 $1.864 50%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.9266 $1.744 47%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.9293 $1.824 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9425 $1.904 51%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9777 $1.744 44%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.041 $1.904 45%
me-central-1 UAE $1.190 $1.845 36%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $1.845
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.653 $3.280 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.653 $3.280 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $1.664 $3.392 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $1.667 $3.424 51%
ca-west-1 Calgary $1.674 $3.488 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $1.674 $3.488 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.694 $3.696 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $1.698 $3.728 54%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.699 $3.744 55%
eu-west-2 London $1.710 $3.568 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $1.712 $3.872 56%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $1.720 $3.952 56%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.727 $3.280 47%
us-west-1 N. California $1.746 $3.600 51%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.750 $3.424 49%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.759 $3.584 51%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.760 $4.352 60%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.776 $3.488 49%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.804 $3.584 50%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.805 $3.744 52%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.816 $3.866 53%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.848 $3.728 50%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $1.851 $3.589 48%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.858 $3.648 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.860 $3.808 51%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.954 $3.488 44%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $2.077 $3.808 45%
me-central-1 UAE $2.380 $3.690 36%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $3.690
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $2.479 $4.920 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $2.479 $4.920 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $2.496 $5.088 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $2.501 $5.136 51%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $2.510 $5.232 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $2.510 $5.232 52%
eu-south-1 Milan $2.525 $5.376 53%
eu-west-3 Paris $2.525 $5.376 53%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $2.525 $5.383 53%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $2.542 $5.544 54%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $2.546 $5.592 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $2.546 $5.592 54%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $2.549 $5.616 55%
us-west-1 N. California $2.550 $5.400 53%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $2.558 $5.712 55%
eu-west-2 London $2.564 $5.352 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $2.568 $5.808 56%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.579 $5.616 54%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $2.580 $5.928 56%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.591 $4.920 47%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $2.615 $5.712 54%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $2.624 $5.136 49%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $2.640 $6.528 60%
eu-central-2 Zurich $2.675 $5.798 54%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.787 $5.472 49%
ca-west-1 Calgary $2.858 $5.232 45%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.930 $5.232 44%
me-central-1 UAE $3.570 $5.534 35%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $5.534
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $3.306 $6.560 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $3.306 $6.560 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $3.328 $6.784 51%
us-west-2 Oregon $3.330 $6.560 49%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $3.334 $6.848 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $3.334 $6.848 51%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $3.347 $6.976 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $3.347 $6.976 52%
eu-south-1 Milan $3.366 $7.168 53%
eu-west-3 Paris $3.366 $7.168 53%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $3.367 $7.178 53%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $3.389 $7.392 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $3.395 $7.456 54%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $3.398 $7.488 55%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $3.411 $7.616 55%
eu-central-2 Zurich $3.423 $7.731 56%
af-south-1 Cape Town $3.424 $7.744 56%
eu-west-2 London $3.432 $7.136 52%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $3.440 $7.904 56%
ca-west-1 Calgary $3.443 $6.976 51%
us-west-1 N. California $3.486 $7.200 52%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $3.520 $8.704 60%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $3.610 $7.488 52%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $3.617 $7.616 53%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $3.653 $7.456 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $3.717 $7.296 49%
eu-west-1 Ireland $3.905 $6.976 44%
me-central-1 UAE $4.760 $7.379 35%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $7.379
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $4.958 $9.840 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $4.958 $9.840 50%
us-west-2 Oregon $4.958 $9.840 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $4.992 $10.18 51%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $5.002 $10.27 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $5.002 $10.27 51%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $5.021 $10.46 52%
ca-west-1 Calgary $5.021 $10.46 52%
eu-south-2 Spain $5.021 $10.46 52%
eu-south-1 Milan $5.050 $10.75 53%
eu-west-3 Paris $5.050 $10.75 53%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $5.051 $10.77 53%
us-west-1 N. California $5.054 $10.80 53%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.069 $10.94 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $5.083 $11.09 54%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $5.093 $11.18 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $5.093 $11.18 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $5.098 $11.23 55%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $5.098 $11.23 55%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $5.117 $11.42 55%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $5.117 $11.42 55%
eu-west-2 London $5.129 $10.70 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $5.136 $11.62 56%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $5.160 $11.86 56%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $5.280 $13.06 60%
eu-central-2 Zurich $5.454 $11.60 53%
eu-west-1 Ireland $5.857 $10.46 44%
me-central-1 UAE $7.140 $11.07 35%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $11.07
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $4.958 $9.840 50%
us-east-2 Ohio $4.958 $9.840 50%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $4.992 $10.18 51%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $5.002 $10.27 51%
eu-south-2 Spain $5.021 $10.46 52%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $5.051 $10.77 53%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $5.083 $11.09 54%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $5.093 $11.18 54%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $5.098 $11.23 55%
eu-central-2 Zurich $5.134 $11.60 56%
af-south-1 Cape Town $5.136 $11.62 56%
eu-west-2 London $5.140 $10.70 52%
us-west-2 Oregon $5.181 $9.840 47%
us-west-1 N. California $5.239 $10.80 51%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $5.249 $10.27 49%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $5.280 $13.06 60%
eu-west-3 Paris $5.285 $10.75 51%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $5.296 $11.86 55%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $5.333 $10.46 49%
eu-south-1 Milan $5.415 $10.75 50%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $5.417 $11.23 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $5.560 $11.18 50%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.574 $10.94 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $5.655 $11.42 50%
eu-west-1 Ireland $5.858 $10.46 44%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $6.069 $11.42 47%
me-central-1 UAE $7.140 $11.07 35%
ca-west-1 Calgary $10.46 $10.46 0%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $11.07
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.