m5d.xlarge
General purpose · m5d series · Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
- vCPU
- 4
- Memory
- 16 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.2260
- Per month
- $165
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0565
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0141
Analysis
The m5d.xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m5d series with 4 vCPUs and 16 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.xlarge on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $0.1720/hour, 24% less ($39.42 a month). The other variants are the m5.xlarge at $0.1920, the m5ad.xlarge at $0.2060 and the m5n.xlarge at $0.2380.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $97.82 a month per instance: $0.2260/hour against $0.3600/hour, a 59% spread.
It has local instance storage (1 x 150 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: Up to 10 Gigabit.
On demand it costs $0.2260/hour in US East (N. Virginia), $165 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 4 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.1344/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 | $0.2260 | $0.4100 | $0.1420 | $0.0980 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.2260 | $0.4100 | $0.1420 | $0.0980 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.2260 | $0.4100 | $0.1420 | $0.0980 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.2520 | $0.4360 | $0.1590 | $0.1090 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.3600 | $0.5440 | $0.2180 | $0.1560 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.2520 | $0.4360 | $0.1590 | $0.1090 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.2620 | $0.4460 | $0.1650 | $0.1130 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.2720 | $0.4560 | $0.1710 | $0.1180 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.2440 | $0.4280 | $0.1540 | $0.1050 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.2820 | $0.4660 | $0.1780 | $0.1220 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.2840 | $0.4680 | $0.1790 | $0.1230 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.2920 | $0.4760 | $0.1840 | $0.1260 |
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.xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1344 | -41% |
| t3a.xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1504 | -33% |
| m6g.xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1540 | -32% |
| m7g.xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1632 | -28% |
| t3.xlarge Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1664 | -26% |
| m5a.xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 4 | 16 GiB | $0.1720 | -24% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 4 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 16 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 |
| Clock | 3.1 GHz |
| Storage | 1 x 150 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 |