m5dn.2xlarge

Amazon EC2 · M5dn family

The m5dn.2xlarge is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) with up to 25 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.544 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intel
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
32 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

3.1 GHz

on-demand
$0.544

$397/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.2702

−50% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.343

−37% vs on-demand

m5dn.2xlarge 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$0.544$0.2702$0.343$0.212
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$0.544$0.2294$0.343$0.212
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.544$0.2859$0.343$0.212
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.608$0.297$0.383$0.263
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.648$0.2592$0.408$0.28
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.668$0.3565$0.421$0.263
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$0.684–$0.431$0.276
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.684–$0.431$0.276
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.70$0.2679$0.441$0.302

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
32 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
300 GB NVME
Storage detail
1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Network
Up to 25 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
25 Gbps

aws details

API name
m5dn.2xlarge
Family
M5dn
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.544/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 3500 Mbps
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
16
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
10-15%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
52%

m5dn.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 m5dn.2xlarge
AWSm5dn.2xlarge832 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)$0.544–
AzureD8as v4832 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.384-29%
D8a v4832 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.384-29%
Google Cloudc3d-standard-8-lssd832 GiBAMD Genoa$0.4043-26%
c3-standard-8-lssd832 GiBIntel Sapphire Rapids$0.4854-11%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 32x8832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42-23%
Linode 32GBburstable CPU832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.288-47%
Vultrvbm-4c-32gb832 GiBIntel Xeon E3-1270$0.164-70%
vx1-g-8c-32g-480s832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.306-44%

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.2xlarge FAQ

How much does m5dn.2xlarge cost?

m5dn.2xlarge costs $0.544 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $397 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.544 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.70 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Spot capacity costs $0.2702 per hour (50% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.343 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.912 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m5dn.2xlarge have?

m5dn.2xlarge has 8 vCPUs and 32 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.2xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D8as v4 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.384/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, c3d-standard-8-lssd (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.4043/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).