AWS M5d instance types

M5d is a general purpose Amazon EC2 family with 9 instance types, from 2 – 96 vCPUs and 8 GiB – 384 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8175. Linux on demand starts at $0.113 per hour.

general purposex86-64

sizes: 9
vCPUs: 2 – 96
memory: 8 GiB – 384 GiB
processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
on-demand from: $0.113

Compare sizes

M5d sizes and prices

Linux, hourly, US East (N. Virginia) (other regions on each size's page)

Size	vCPU	Memory	Local storage	On-demand	Monthly	Spot	1-yr
m5d.large	2	8 GiB	75 GB NVME	$0.113	$82.49	$0.0501	$0.071
m5d.xlarge	4	16 GiB	150 GB NVME	$0.226	$165	$0.121	$0.142
m5d.2xlarge	8	32 GiB	300 GB NVME	$0.452	$330	$0.2397	$0.285
m5d.4xlarge	16	64 GiB	600 GB NVME (2 disks)	$0.904	$660	$0.4406	$0.57
m5d.8xlarge	32	128 GiB	1.2 TB NVME (2 disks)	$1.808	$1,320	$0.9112	$1.139
m5d.12xlarge	48	192 GiB	1.8 TB NVME (2 disks)	$2.712	$1,980	$1.145	$1.709
m5d.16xlarge	64	256 GiB	2.4 TB NVME (4 disks)	$3.616	$2,640	$1.537	$2.278
m5d.24xlarge	96	384 GiB	3.6 TB NVME (4 disks)	$5.424	$3,960	$2.456	$3.417
m5d.metal	96	384 GiB	3.6 TB NVME (4 disks)	$5.424	$3,960	$2.093	$3.417

M5d equivalents on other clouds

closest match to m5d.8xlarge (32 vCPU, 128 GiB)

AzureD32as v4Dasv4 family · 32 vCPU · 128 GiB$1.536/hr · East USDasv4 family →

Google Cloudc4d-standard-32-lssdC4D family · 32 vCPU · 124 GiB$1.676/hr · IowaC4D family →

AkamaiG8 Dedicated 128x32Dedicated CPU (G8) family · 32 vCPU · 128 GiB$1.68/hr · Newark, NJDedicated CPU (G8) family →

Vultrvx1-g-32c-128g-1920sVX1: General Purpose family · 32 vCPU · 128 GiB$1.223/hr · FrankfurtVX1: General Purpose family →

Other general purpose families on AWS

M4 6 M5 9 M5a 8 M5ad 8 M5dn 9 M5n 9 M5zn 7 M6a 11 M6g 9 M6gd 9 M6i 10 M6id 10 M6idn 10 M6in 10 M7a 12 M7g 9 M7gd 9 M7i 11 M7i-flex 7 M8a 12 M8azn 9 M8g 12 M8gb 12 M8gd 12 M8gn 12 M8i 13 M8i-flex 7 M8ib 13 M8id 13 M8idb 13

M5d FAQ

What sizes does the AWS M5d family have?

M5d has 9 instance types, from m5d.large (2 vCPU, 8 GiB) to m5d.metal (96 vCPU, 384 GiB). They run on Intel Xeon Platinum 8175.

What is the cheapest M5d instance type?

m5d.large at $0.113 per hour (Linux, on demand) in US East (N. Virginia), about $82.49 per month.

What is M5d best for?

M5d is a general purpose family. Balanced CPU and memory (about 4 GiB per vCPU) for web apps, services and most workloads.