m5dn.16xlarge

Amazon EC2 · M5dn family

The m5dn.16xlarge is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 64 vCPUs and 256 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) with 75 Gigabit networking, starting at $4.352 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intel
vCPUs
64

dedicated

memory
256 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

3.1 GHz

on-demand
$4.352

$3,177/mo · us-east-1

spot
$1.72

−60% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$2.742

−37% vs on-demand

m5dn.16xlarge price by region

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

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$4.352$1.72$2.742$1.692
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$4.352$0.86$2.742$1.692
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$4.352$1.218$2.742$1.692
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$4.864$1.793$3.064$2.101
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$5.184$1.398$3.266$2.239
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$5.344$0.9223$3.367$2.107
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$5.472–$3.447$2.21
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$5.472–$3.447$2.21
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$5.60$0.7951$3.528$2.419

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
64
Memory
256 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
3.1 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
2.4 TB NVME (4 disks)
Storage detail
4 x 600 NVMe SSD
Network
75 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
75 Gbps

aws details

API name
m5dn.16xlarge
Family
M5dn
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $4.352/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
10000 Mbps
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
128
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
15-20%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
59%

m5dn.16xlarge 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 m5dn.16xlarge
AWSm5dn.16xlarge64256 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)$4.352–
AzureD64as v464256 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$3.072-29%
D64a v464256 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$3.072-29%
Google Cloudc4d-standard-64-lssd64248 GiBAMD Turin$3.517-19%
n2d-standard-6464256 GiBAMD Milan, AMD Rome$2.704-38%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 256x6464256 GiBAMD EPYC$3.36-23%
Dedicated 256GB56 vCPU (1.1× less)56256 GiBAMD EPYC$3.456-21%
Vultrvx1-g-64c-256g-3840s64256 GiBAMD EPYC$2.446-44%
vx1-g-64c-256g64256 GiBAMD EPYC$1.92-56%

M5dn family sizes

all about M5dn→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
m5dn.large28 GiB75 GB NVME$0.136$99.28$0.0569$0.086
m5dn.xlarge416 GiB150 GB NVME$0.272$199$0.1317$0.171
m5dn.2xlarge832 GiB300 GB NVME$0.544$397$0.2702$0.343
m5dn.4xlarge1664 GiB600 GB NVME (2 disks)$1.088$794$0.5211$0.685
m5dn.8xlarge32128 GiB1.2 TB NVME (2 disks)$2.176$1,588$1.15$1.371
m5dn.12xlarge48192 GiB1.8 TB NVME (2 disks)$3.264$2,383$1.42$2.056
m5dn.16xlarge64256 GiB2.4 TB NVME (4 disks)$4.352$3,177$1.72$2.742
m5dn.24xlarge96384 GiB3.6 TB NVME (4 disks)$6.528$4,765$2.581$4.113
m5dn.metal96384 GiB3.6 TB NVME (4 disks)$6.528$4,765$2.631$4.113

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m5dn.16xlarge FAQ

How much does m5dn.16xlarge cost?

m5dn.16xlarge costs $4.352 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $3,177 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $4.352 in US East (N. Virginia) to $5.60 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Spot capacity costs $1.72 per hour (60% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $2.742 per hour. With Windows it costs $7.296 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m5dn.16xlarge have?

m5dn.16xlarge has 64 vCPUs and 256 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake). It is a general purpose instance type in the M5dn family.

What are the equivalents of m5dn.16xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D64as v4 (64 vCPU, 256 GiB, $3.072/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, c4d-standard-64-lssd (64 vCPU, 248 GiB, $3.517/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 256x64 (64 vCPU, 256 GiB, $3.36/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-64c-256g-3840s (64 vCPU, 256 GiB, $2.446/hour in Seattle).