m5dn.large

Amazon EC2 · M5dn family

The m5dn.large is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) with up to 25 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.136 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64intel
vCPUs
2

dedicated

memory
8 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

3.1 GHz

on-demand
$0.136

$99.28/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.0569

−58% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.086

−37% vs on-demand

m5dn.large 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$0.136$0.0569$0.086$0.053
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$0.136$0.0463$0.086$0.053
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.136$0.0447$0.086$0.053
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.152$0.0696$0.096$0.066
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.162$0.055$0.102$0.07
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.167$0.0562$0.105$0.066
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$0.171–$0.108$0.069
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.171–$0.108$0.069
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.175$0.0564$0.11$0.076

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
2
Memory
8 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
75 GB NVME
Storage detail
1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Network
Up to 25 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
25 Gbps

aws details

API name
m5dn.large
Family
M5dn
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
9 (Asia, Europe, North America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.136/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 3500 Mbps
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
4
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
<5%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
61%

m5dn.large 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.large
AWSm5dn.large28 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)$0.136–
AzureD2as v428 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.096-29%
D2a v428 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.096-29%
Google Cloude2-standard-228 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.067-51%
n2d-standard-228 GiBAMD Milan, AMD Rome$0.0845-38%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 8x228 GiBAMD EPYC$0.11-19%
Dedicated 4GB4 GiB (2× less)24 GiBAMD EPYC$0.054-60%
Vultrvx1-g-2c-8g-120s28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.076-44%
voc-g-2c-8gb-50s-amd28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.082-40%

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.large FAQ

How much does m5dn.large cost?

m5dn.large costs $0.136 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $99.28 per month. Across 9 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.136 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.175 in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Spot capacity costs $0.0569 per hour (58% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.086 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.228 per hour.

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

m5dn.large has 2 vCPUs and 8 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.large on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D2as v4 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.096/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.067/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 8x2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.11/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-2c-8g-120s (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.076/hour in New Jersey).