m5d.2xlarge
General purpose · m5d series · Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
- vCPU
- 8
- Memory
- 32 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.4520
- Per month
- $330
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0565
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0141
Analysis
The m5d.2xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m5d series with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 (up to 3.1 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Within the same generation and size, the m5a.2xlarge on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $0.3440/hour, 24% less ($78.84 a month). The other variants are the m5.2xlarge at $0.3840, the m5ad.2xlarge at $0.4120 and the m5n.2xlarge at $0.4760.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $196 a month per instance: $0.4520/hour against $0.7200/hour, a 59% spread.
It has local instance storage (1 x 300 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: Up to 10 Gigabit.
On demand it costs $0.4520/hour in US East (N. Virginia), $330 a month if left running, which puts it mid-table for general purpose types at the 49th percentile per vCPU ($0.0565 per vCPU-hour) and the 49th percentile per GiB ($0.0141 per GiB-hour).
Looking beyond its own line, 20 of 42 current types with 8 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.2xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.2688/hour. It is burstable, so it only suits workloads that do not run the CPU flat out.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.4520 | $0.8200 | $0.2850 | $0.1950 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.4520 | $0.8200 | $0.2850 | $0.1950 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.4520 | $0.8200 | $0.2850 | $0.1950 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.5040 | $0.8720 | $0.3180 | $0.2180 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.7200 | $1.09 | $0.4360 | $0.3110 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.5040 | $0.8720 | $0.3180 | $0.2180 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.5240 | $0.8920 | $0.3300 | $0.2260 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.5440 | $0.9120 | $0.3430 | $0.2350 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.4880 | $0.8560 | $0.3070 | $0.2110 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.5640 | $0.9320 | $0.3550 | $0.2440 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.5680 | $0.9360 | $0.3580 | $0.2450 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.5840 | $0.9520 | $0.3680 | $0.2520 |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs m5d.2xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.2688 | -41% |
| t3a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3008 | -33% |
| m6g.2xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3080 | -32% |
| m7g.2xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3264 | -28% |
| t3.2xlarge Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3328 | -26% |
| m5a.2xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 8 | 32 GiB | $0.3440 | -24% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 8 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 32 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 |
| Clock | 3.1 GHz |
| Storage | 1 x 300 NVMe SSD |
| Network | Up to 10 Gigabit |
m5d sizes
| m5d.large | 2 vCPU | $0.1130 |
| m5d.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.2260 |
| m5d.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.4520 |
| m5d.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $0.9040 |
| m5d.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $1.81 |
| m5d.12xlarge | 48 vCPU | $2.71 |
| m5d.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $3.62 |
| m5d.24xlarge | 96 vCPU | $5.42 |