AWS Amazon EC2

m5.2xlarge

Part of the M5 General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:mGeneral Purpose55th Generation2xlarge2 Extra Large

On-demand, Linux

$0.3840/ hr

~$280.32/mo · lowest in US East (N. Virginia), us-east-1

Savings Plan, Linux

$0.1950/ hr

From, with a 3-year Compute Savings Plan, No Upfront: −49% vs on-demand rate (us-east-1)

Per unit

$0.0480/ vCPU-hr

$0.0120/GB-hr

Compute

8vCPUs

4 cores • x86_64

Memory

32GB

4.0 GB / vCPU

Network

Up to 10 Gbps

Baseline: 2.5 Gbps

Storage & EBS

593.75MB/s

Max: 18,750 IOPS

Alternatives to m5.2xlarge

Option	Price vs m5.2xlarge	Why look at it
m4.2xlarge Compare →	+4%+$0.016/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Previous generation, same vCPU and RAM
m6i.2xlarge Compare →	same price Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM
m7i.2xlarge Compare →	+5%+$0.0192/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM
m7g.2xlarge Compare →	-15%-$0.0576/hr Linux on-demand, us-east-1	Graviton (arm64), newer generation, same vCPU and RAM

On Google Cloud

The nearest Google Cloud machines to m5.2xlarge by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east-1 ↔ us-east4).

Machine	Size	On-demand Linux	vs m5.2xlarge
m5.2xlargeThis page · AWS, us-east-1	8 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.3840/hr	—
n4-standard-8same 8 vCPU and 32 GiB; Intel on both	8 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.3628/hr	5.5% less
c3-standard-8same 8 vCPU and 32 GiB; Intel on both	8 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.403216/hr	5.0% more
n2-standard-8same 8 vCPU and 32 GiB; Intel on both	8 vCPU · 32 GiB	$0.437512/hr	14% more

Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175

Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)

vCPUs / Threads8 vCPUs

Physical Cores4

Clock Speed3.1 GHz

Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported

Intel Turbo BoostYes

Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score115,791

CoreMark / vCPU14,473.9 / core

FFmpeg Transcoding40 FPS

CoreMark per Dollar301,539 score / $

Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0480

Cost per GB-hr$0.0120

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods

Max ENIs4

IPv4/v6 per ENI15

Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs

CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gbps

Baseline Bandwidth2.5 Gbps

Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps

Enhanced NetworkingYes

EFA SupportNo

IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only

Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)

EBS Baseline Throughput287.5 MB/s

EBS Max Throughput593.75 MB/s

EBS Baseline IOPS12,000

EBS Max / Burst IOPS18,750

Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2120 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)

Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)

Normalization Factor16

Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)

Rates by region

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions

Lowest Price Region

$0.3840/ hr

US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)

Highest Price Region

$0.7650/ hr

Peru (Lima) (us-east-1-lim-1)

Global Fleet Average

$0.5063/ hr

Across all active regions

Regional Coverage

58regions

Available worldwide

Linux — Available in all 58 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$0.5080
us-east-1-bue-1 Argentina (Buenos Aires)	$0.7040
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$0.5280
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	$0.4040
ap-southeast-3 Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	$0.4800
ap-southeast-4 Asia Pacific (Melbourne)	$0.4800
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$0.4040
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$0.4960
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$0.4720
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$0.4800
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$0.4800
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$0.4960
ap-southeast-2-per-1 Australia (Perth)	$0.6480
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$0.4840
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$0.4840
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$0.4280
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$0.4280
us-east-1-scl-1 Chile (Santiago)	$0.6430
eu-north-1-cph-1 Denmark (Copenhagen)	$0.5510
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$0.4600
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$0.4280
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$0.4440
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$0.4480
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$0.4480
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$0.4080
eu-south-2 Europe (Spain)	$0.4280
eu-central-2 Europe (Zurich)	$0.5060
eu-north-1-hel-1 Finland (Helsinki)	$0.4690
eu-central-1-ham-1 Germany (Hamburg)	$0.6210
ap-south-1-del-1 India (Delhi)	$0.5450
ap-south-1-ccu-1 India (Kolkata)	$0.5450
il-central-1 Israel (Tel Aviv)	$0.4490
us-east-1-qro-1 Mexico (Queretaro)	$0.5180
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$0.4710
me-central-1 Middle East (UAE)	$0.4710
eu-west-3-wl1-cmn1 Morocco (Casablanca)	$0.5140
ap-southeast-2-akl-1 New Zealand (Auckland)	$0.6480
af-south-1-los-1 Nigeria (Lagos)	$0.5840
me-south-1-mct-1 Oman (Muscat)	$0.5410
us-east-1-lim-1 Peru (Lima) Highest	$0.7650
ap-southeast-1-mnl-1 Philippines (Manila)	$0.5760
eu-central-1-waw-1 Poland (Warsaw)	$0.5290
eu-west-3-wl1-dss1 Senegal (Dakar)	$0.5140
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo)	$0.6120
ap-northeast-1-tpe-1 Taiwan (Taipei)	$0.6200
ap-southeast-1-bkk-1 Thailand (Bangkok)	$0.6720
us-east-1-bos-1 US East (Boston)	$0.4800
us-east-1-chi-1 US East (Chicago)	$0.4800
us-east-1-dfw-1 US East (Dallas)	$0.4800
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$0.3840
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$0.3840
us-east-1-phl-1 US East (Philadelphia)	$0.4800
us-west-2-den-1 US West (Denver)	$0.4800
us-west-2-hnl-1 US West (Honolulu)	$0.5950
us-west-2-lax-1 US West (Los Angeles)	$0.4610
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$0.4480
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$0.3840
us-west-2-phx-1 US West (Phoenix)	$0.4800

Windows — Available in all 58 regions
Region	On-Demand Price	% vs On-Demand Rate
af-south-1 Africa (Cape Town)	$0.8760
us-east-1-bue-1 Argentina (Buenos Aires)	$1.0720
ap-east-1 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)	$0.8960
ap-south-2 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)	$0.7720
ap-southeast-3 Asia Pacific (Jakarta)	$0.8480
ap-southeast-4 Asia Pacific (Melbourne)	$0.8480
ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Mumbai)	$0.7720
ap-northeast-3 Asia Pacific (Osaka)	$0.8640
ap-northeast-2 Asia Pacific (Seoul)	$0.8400
ap-southeast-1 Asia Pacific (Singapore)	$0.8480
ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Sydney)	$0.8480
ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	$0.8640
ap-southeast-2-per-1 Australia (Perth)	$1.0160
us-gov-east-1 AWS GovCloud (US-East)	$0.8520
us-gov-west-1 AWS GovCloud (US-West)	$0.8520
ca-central-1 Canada (Central)	$0.7960
ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary)	$0.7960
us-east-1-scl-1 Chile (Santiago)	$1.0110
eu-north-1-cph-1 Denmark (Copenhagen)	$0.9190
eu-central-1 EU (Frankfurt)	$0.8280
eu-west-1 EU (Ireland)	$0.7960
eu-west-2 EU (London)	$0.8120
eu-south-1 EU (Milan)	$0.8160
eu-west-3 EU (Paris)	$0.8160
eu-north-1 EU (Stockholm)	$0.7760
eu-south-2 Europe (Spain)	$0.7960
eu-central-2 Europe (Zurich)	$0.8740
eu-north-1-hel-1 Finland (Helsinki)	$0.8370
eu-central-1-ham-1 Germany (Hamburg)	$0.9890
ap-south-1-del-1 India (Delhi)	$0.9130
ap-south-1-ccu-1 India (Kolkata)	$0.9130
il-central-1 Israel (Tel Aviv)	$0.8170
us-east-1-qro-1 Mexico (Queretaro)	$0.8860
me-south-1 Middle East (Bahrain)	$0.8390
me-central-1 Middle East (UAE)	$0.8390
eu-west-3-wl1-cmn1 Morocco (Casablanca)	$0.8820
ap-southeast-2-akl-1 New Zealand (Auckland)	$1.0160
af-south-1-los-1 Nigeria (Lagos)	$0.9520
me-south-1-mct-1 Oman (Muscat)	$0.9090
us-east-1-lim-1 Peru (Lima) Highest	$1.1330
ap-southeast-1-mnl-1 Philippines (Manila)	$0.9440
eu-central-1-waw-1 Poland (Warsaw)	$0.8970
eu-west-3-wl1-dss1 Senegal (Dakar)	$0.8820
sa-east-1 South America (Sao Paulo)	$0.9800
ap-northeast-1-tpe-1 Taiwan (Taipei)	$0.9880
ap-southeast-1-bkk-1 Thailand (Bangkok)	$1.0400
us-east-1-bos-1 US East (Boston)	$0.8480
us-east-1-chi-1 US East (Chicago)	$0.8480
us-east-1-dfw-1 US East (Dallas)	$0.8480
us-east-1 US East (N. Virginia) Lowest	$0.7520
us-east-2 US East (Ohio) Lowest	$0.7520
us-east-1-phl-1 US East (Philadelphia)	$0.8480
us-west-2-den-1 US West (Denver)	$0.8480
us-west-2-hnl-1 US West (Honolulu)	$0.9630
us-west-2-lax-1 US West (Los Angeles)	$0.8290
us-west-1 US West (N. California)	$0.8160
us-west-2 US West (Oregon) Lowest	$0.7520
us-west-2-phx-1 US West (Phoenix)	$0.8480

Savings Plans: what to know

A Savings Plan commits you to a dollar amount per hour of spend for one or three years, not to an instance: usage up to that amount is billed at the plan's rates and the rest at on-demand, and unused commitment is still billed.
A Compute Savings Plan follows your usage across instance families, sizes, regions and operating systems; an EC2 Instance Savings Plan is locked to one family in one region in exchange for a lower rate (what that flexibility costs).
In US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), the 3-year Compute Savings Plan rate (No Upfront) for m5.2xlarge on Linux is 51% of the on-demand rate, so the instance has to run at least 51% of the hours for the commitment to cost less than on-demand.
On Windows a plan discounts only the compute part of the rate: the Windows license part costs the same as on demand, so the percentage off is smaller than on Linux.
Rates are AWS's effective hourly rate for each payment option; All Upfront pays the whole term's commitment at purchase, which is why its hourly rate is lower; Partial Upfront (at least half up front) isn't shown on this page. The Savings Plans calculator has all three and sizes a commitment for this instance or a mix of them. How AWS applies a plan each hour: how Compute Savings Plans decide what they cover. Sizing one for elastic workloads: managing Compute Savings Plans.