m5.2xlarge

Amazon EC2 · M5 family

The m5.2xlarge is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 with up to 10 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.384 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intel
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
32 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

3.1 GHz

on-demand
$0.384

$280/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.1612

−58% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.242

−37% vs on-demand

m5.2xlarge price by region

31 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$0.384$0.1612$0.242$0.166
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$0.384$0.1416$0.242$0.166
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.384$0.1398$0.242$0.166
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2Asia$0.404$0.1278$0.255$0.175
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1Asia$0.404$0.1558$0.255$0.175
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1Europe$0.408$0.1273$0.257$0.176
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$0.428$0.1576$0.27$0.185
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1North America$0.428$0.1759$0.27$0.185
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.428$0.1845$0.27$0.185
EU (Spain)eu-south-2Europe$0.428$0.1478$0.27$0.185
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$0.444$0.1601$0.28$0.192
EU (Milan)eu-south-1Europe$0.448$0.1051$0.282$0.194
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$0.448$0.1486$0.282$0.194
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.448$0.1575$0.282$0.194
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1Middle East$0.449$0.1742$0.283$0.194
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.46$0.1803$0.29$0.199
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1Middle East$0.471$0.1692$0.297$0.203
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1Middle East$0.471$0.1997$0.297$0.203
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.472$0.1568$0.294$0.204
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3Asia$0.48$0.1834$0.302$0.207
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4Oceania$0.48$0.1662$0.302$0.207
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.48$0.1842$0.302$0.207
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.48$0.2087$0.302$0.207
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$0.484–$0.305$0.209
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.484–$0.305$0.209
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3Asia$0.496$0.1381$0.312$0.214
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.496$0.1826$0.312$0.214
EU (Zurich)eu-central-2Europe$0.506$0.2002$0.319$0.219
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1Africa$0.508$0.1927$0.32$0.219
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1Asia$0.528$0.1429$0.333$0.228
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.612$0.1585$0.361$0.264

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
32 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
3.1 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
Network storage only
Storage detail
EBS only
Network
Up to 10 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
10 Gbps

aws details

API name
m5.2xlarge
Family
M5
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
31 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.384/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 2120 Mbps
ECU
37
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
16
Processor features
Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
>20%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
64%

m5.2xlarge equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs m5.2xlarge
AWSm5.2xlarge832 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8175$0.384–
AzureD8as v5832 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.344-10%
DC8as v5832 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.344-10%
Google Cloude2-standard-8832 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.268-30%
n2d-standard-8832 GiBAMD Milan, AMD Rome$0.338-12%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 32x8832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42+9%
Linode 32GBburstable CPU832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.288-25%
Vultrvbm-4c-32gb832 GiBIntel Xeon E3-1270$0.164-57%
vx1-g-8c-32g832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.24-37%

M5 family sizes

all about M5→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
m5.large28 GiB–$0.096$70.08$0.0434$0.06
m5.xlarge416 GiB–$0.192$140$0.0817$0.121
m5.2xlarge832 GiB–$0.384$280$0.1612$0.242
m5.4xlarge1664 GiB–$0.768$561$0.3438$0.484
m5.8xlarge32128 GiB–$1.536$1,121$0.662$0.968
m5.12xlarge48192 GiB–$2.304$1,682$0.9604$1.452
m5.16xlarge64256 GiB–$3.072$2,243$1.316$1.935
m5.24xlarge96384 GiB–$4.608$3,364$1.881$2.903
m5.metal96384 GiB–$4.608$3,364$1.884$2.903

Similar instance types on AWS

other AWS families with a similar shape, cheapest first

m5.2xlarge FAQ

How much does m5.2xlarge cost?

m5.2xlarge costs $0.384 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $280 per month. Across 31 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.384 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.612 in South America (Sao Paulo). Spot capacity costs $0.1612 per hour (58% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.242 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.752 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m5.2xlarge have?

m5.2xlarge has 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8175. It is a general purpose instance type in the M5 family.

What are the equivalents of m5.2xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D8as v5 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.344/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, e2-standard-8 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.268/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 32x8 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.42/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vbm-4c-32gb (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.164/hour in New Jersey).