r5n.2xlarge

Amazon EC2 · R5n family

The r5n.2xlarge is a memory optimized Amazon EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory, running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) with up to 25 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.596 per hour on demand.

memory optimizedx86-64intel
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
64 GiB

8 GiB per vCPU

processor
Intel

2.5 GHz

on-demand
$0.596

$435/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.278

−53% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.375

−37% vs on-demand

r5n.2xlarge price by region

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

US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1cheapestreferenceNorth America$0.596$0.278$0.375$0.241
US East (Ohio)us-east-2cheapestNorth America$0.596$0.2712$0.375$0.241
US West (Oregon)us-west-2cheapestNorth America$0.596$0.2579$0.375$0.241
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1Asia$0.612$0.2393$0.386$0.248
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1Europe$0.636$0.1954$0.399$0.27
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$0.652$0.2283$0.412$0.253
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.668$0.3757$0.421$0.274
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.676$0.2565$0.427$0.276
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$0.70$0.2727$0.443$0.296
EU (Milan)eu-south-1Europe$0.70$0.1012$0.441$0.284
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$0.70$0.1984$0.443$0.296
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.712$0.1654$0.449$0.295
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.712$0.331$0.449$0.294
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.712$0.408$0.449$0.294
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1North America$0.716–$0.451$0.289
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.716–$0.451$0.289
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.724$0.3512$0.456$0.293
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.724$0.3482$0.456$0.298
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1Africa$0.795$0.2148$0.501$0.322
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1Asia$0.808$0.2249$0.508$0.326
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.944$0.0944$0.595$0.389

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
64 GiB
Memory per vCPU
8 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
CPU vendor
Intel
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
2.5 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
Network storage only
Storage detail
EBS only
Network
Up to 25 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
25 Gbps

aws details

API name
r5n.2xlarge
Family
R5n
Category
Memory optimized
Generation
Current
Regions
21 (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) · $0.596/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 2120 Mbps
Enhanced networking
No
Normalization size factor
16
Processor features
Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
5-10%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
52%

r5n.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 r5n.2xlarge
AWSr5n.2xlarge864 GiBIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)$0.596–
AzureE8as v5864 GiBAMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)$0.452-24%
E8as v6864 GiBAMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)$0.477-20%
Google Cloude2-highmem-8864 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.3616-39%
n4d-highmem-8864 GiBAMD Turin$0.4447-25%
AkamaiLinode 150GB150 GiB (2.3×)8150 GiBAMD EPYC$0.72+21%
G8 Dedicated 32x832 GiB (2× less)832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42-30%
Vultrvx1-m-8c-64gb864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.32-46%
vx1-m-8c-64g-480s864 GiBAMD EPYC$0.386-35%

R5n family sizes

all about R5n→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
r5n.large216 GiB–$0.149$109$0.0624$0.094
r5n.xlarge432 GiB–$0.298$218$0.1425$0.188
r5n.2xlarge864 GiB–$0.596$435$0.278$0.375
r5n.4xlarge16128 GiB–$1.192$870$0.6974$0.751
r5n.8xlarge32256 GiB–$2.384$1,740$1.051$1.502
r5n.12xlarge48384 GiB–$3.576$2,610$1.715$2.253
r5n.16xlarge64512 GiB–$4.768$3,481$2.446$3.004
r5n.24xlarge96768 GiB–$7.152$5,221$3.016$4.506
r5n.metal96768 GiB–$7.152$5,221$3.401$4.506

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r5n.2xlarge FAQ

How much does r5n.2xlarge cost?

r5n.2xlarge costs $0.596 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $435 per month. Across 21 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.596 in US East (N. Virginia) to $0.944 in South America (Sao Paulo). Spot capacity costs $0.278 per hour (53% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.375 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.964 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does r5n.2xlarge have?

r5n.2xlarge has 8 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory (8 GiB per vCPU), running on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake). It is a memory optimized instance type in the R5n family.

What are the equivalents of r5n.2xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, E8as v5 (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.452/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, e2-highmem-8 (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.3616/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 150GB (8 vCPU, 150 GiB, $0.72/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-m-8c-64gb (8 vCPU, 64 GiB, $0.32/hour in New Jersey).