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m5zn EC2 instance family

Intel Xeon Platinum 8252C at 4.5 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 48 vCPUs, 8 to 192 GiB

Prices Description Specs Performance ranking Available Regions Prices by region
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m5zn prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
m5zn.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.0260 $0.1652 us-east-2 of 11 $0.0130
m5zn.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0624 $0.4060 ap-northeast-2 of 11 $0.0156
m5zn.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.1784 $0.8120 ap-northeast-2 of 11 $0.0223
m5zn.3xlarge12 vCPU, 48 GiB 12 48 GiB $0.1952 $1.218 ap-northeast-2 of 11 $0.0163
m5zn.6xlarge24 vCPU, 96 GiB 24 96 GiB $0.3569 $3.159 sa-east-1 of 11 $0.0149
m5zn.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $0.6318 $6.318 sa-east-1 of 11 $0.0132
m5zn.metal48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $0.5089 $4.872 ap-northeast-2 of 11 $0.0106

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 M5ZN instance family, generally available since December 1, 2020, is powered by custom 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Cascade Lake 8252C) featuring an all-core turbo frequency up to 4.5 GHz. These high-frequency instances deliver up to 100 Gbps of network bandwidth, with support for Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) and up to 19 Gbps of dedicated throughput to Amazon EBS. M5ZN instances are EBS-optimized and, unlike some M5 variants, do not include local NVMe instance storage, making them ideal for high-performance computing, gaming, and simulation modeling applications.

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

Instance Types
m5zn.large m5zn.xlarge m5zn.2xlarge m5zn.3xlarge m5zn.6xlarge m5zn.12xlarge m5zn.metal
vCPUs
2 to 48
Memory
8 to 192 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8252C
Sustained clock
4.5 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
2549 measured on m5zn, 2026-09-30: the median of its types in runs-on.com benchmarks
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
m5zn.large 2 8 GiB EBS only up to 25 (3 baseline) up to 3.17 (0.8 baseline)
m5zn.xlarge 4 16 GiB EBS only up to 25 (5 baseline) up to 3.17 (1.564 baseline)
m5zn.2xlarge 8 32 GiB EBS only up to 25 (10 baseline) 3.17
m5zn.3xlarge 12 48 GiB EBS only up to 25 (15 baseline) 4.75
m5zn.6xlarge 24 96 GiB EBS only 50 9.5
m5zn.12xlarge 48 192 GiB EBS only 100 19
m5zn.metal 48 192 GiB EBS only 100 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.

Ranked by PassMark single-thread score
All x86_64 arm64
#1
m8azn, x8aedz
4257
#3
m8a, c8a, hpc8a, r8a
3803 3801–3803
#7
m8i, m8ib, m8id, m8in, m8idb, m8idn, m8ine, m8i-flex, c8i, c8i-flex, c8ib, c8id, c8in, c8ine, r8i, r8i-flex, r8ib, r8id, r8idb, r8idn, r8in, t8i, x8i
3271 3243–3271
#30
i7i, r7iz
3115 3105–3115
#32
m7a, c7a, c7i, hpc7a, r7a
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
c7i-flex
2700
#40
m6a, m5zn, m7i-flex, c6a, hpc6a, i7ie, r6a, x2iezn
2596 2549–2596
#48
m6i, m6id, m6in, m6idn, c6i, c6id, c6in, hpc6id, i4i, r6i, r6id, r6idn, r6in, x2idn, x2iedn, z1d
2303 2269–2303
#64
c5a, c5ad, c5d
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
m5a, m5ad, r5a, r5ad, t3a
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

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

c1, d2, d3, d3en, dl2q, f2, g4dn, g5, g6, g6e, g6f, g7, g7e, gr6, gr6f, h1, i2, inf1, inf2, m1, m2, m3, mac1, p3dn, p4d, p4de, p5, p5en, p6-b200, p6-b300, t1, trn1, trn1n, u-3tb1, u-6tb1, u7i-12tb, u7i-6tb, u7i-8tb, u7in-16tb, u7in-24tb, u7in-32tb, vt1, x1, x1e

11 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.

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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).

m5zn.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 11 regions
m5zn.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0260 $0.1652 84%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0399 $0.2030 80%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0399 $0.2632 85%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0428 $0.1652 74%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0471 $0.1927 76%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0509 $0.1652 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0628 $0.1979 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0631 $0.2065 69%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0657 $0.2134 69%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0676 $0.2065 67%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0697 $0.1841 62%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5zn.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 11 regions
m5zn.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0624 $0.4060 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0820 $0.3303 75%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1093 $0.3854 72%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1157 $0.3303 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1167 $0.4267 73%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1243 $0.5265 76%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1390 $0.4130 66%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1439 $0.3682 61%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1444 $0.3957 64%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1530 $0.4130 63%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1532 $0.3303 54%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5zn.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 11 regions
m5zn.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1784 $0.8120 78%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1892 $0.6607 71%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2187 $0.6607 67%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2270 $0.8534 73%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2756 $0.6607 58%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2878 $0.7914 64%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2925 $0.7708 62%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2930 $0.7364 60%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.3123 $0.8260 62%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.3318 $0.8260 60%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3535 $1.053 66%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5zn.3xlarge12 vCPU, 48 GiB, 11 regions
m5zn.3xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1952 $1.218 84%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2368 $1.579 85%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2597 $1.156 78%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2898 $0.9910 71%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.3500 $0.9910 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.3922 $1.280 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4363 $1.187 63%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4559 $1.239 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4724 $1.105 57%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.5662 $0.9910 43%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.5885 $1.239 52%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5zn.6xlarge24 vCPU, 96 GiB, 11 regions
m5zn.6xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3569 $3.159 89%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4293 $1.982 78%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4946 $2.436 80%
us-west-1 N. California $0.6539 $2.312 72%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.6789 $1.982 66%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.7717 $1.982 61%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7751 $2.560 70%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.8457 $2.478 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8619 $2.374 64%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.9427 $2.478 62%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.019 $2.209 54%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5zn.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB, 11 regions
m5zn.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.6318 $6.318 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.7602 $4.872 84%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8634 $3.964 78%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9081 $5.120 82%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.140 $4.749 76%
us-west-1 N. California $1.325 $4.625 71%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.333 $4.418 70%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.338 $4.956 73%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.373 $3.964 65%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.454 $4.956 71%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.566 $3.964 60%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5zn.metal48 vCPU, 192 GiB, 11 regions
m5zn.metal prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5089 $4.872 90%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6090 $3.964 85%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.6929 $6.318 89%
us-west-1 N. California $0.7296 $4.625 84%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8923 $4.749 81%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9855 $5.120 81%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.023 $4.956 79%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.074 $3.964 73%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.080 $4.956 78%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.196 $3.964 70%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.257 $4.418 72%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
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