m5dn.24xlarge
General purpose · m5dn series · Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
- vCPU
- 96
- Memory
- 384 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $6.53
- Per month
- $4,765
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0680
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0170
Analysis
The m5dn.24xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m5dn series with 96 vCPUs and 384 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) (up to 3.1 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Within the same generation and size, the m5a.24xlarge on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $4.13/hour, 37% less ($1,752 a month). The other variants are the m5.24xlarge at $4.61, the m5ad.24xlarge at $4.94 and the m5d.24xlarge at $5.42.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of Tokyo saves $1,367 a month per instance: $6.53/hour against $8.40/hour, a 29% spread. It is not offered in Canada Central, São Paulo, London, Mumbai and Sydney, so plan around that if you need a presence there.
On demand it costs $6.53/hour in US East (N. Virginia), $4,765 a month if left running, which puts it mid-table for general purpose types at the 70th percentile per vCPU ($0.0680 per vCPU-hour) and the 70th percentile per GiB ($0.0170 per GiB-hour).
Looking beyond its own line, 18 of 28 current types with 96 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the hpc6a.48xlarge on AMD EPYC 7R13 at $2.88/hour.
It has local instance storage (4 x 900 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 100 Gigabit.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $6.53 | $10.94 | $4.11 | $2.54 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $6.53 | $10.94 | $4.11 | $2.54 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $6.53 | $10.94 | $4.11 | $2.54 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $7.30 | $11.71 | $4.60 | $3.15 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $7.78 | $12.19 | $4.90 | $3.36 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $8.02 | $12.43 | $5.05 | $3.16 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $8.40 | $12.82 | $5.29 | $3.63 |
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 m5dn.24xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hpc6a.48xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 96 | 384 GiB | $2.88 | -56% |
| m5a.24xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 96 | 384 GiB | $4.13 | -37% |
| m6a.24xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 96 | 384 GiB | $4.15 | -36% |
| m8g.24xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 96 | 384 GiB | $4.31 | -34% |
| m6i.24xlarge Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | 96 | 384 GiB | $4.61 | -29% |
| m5.24xlarge Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | 96 | 384 GiB | $4.61 | -29% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 96 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 384 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) |
| Clock | 3.1 GHz |
| Storage | 4 x 900 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 100 Gigabit |
m5dn sizes
| m5dn.large | 2 vCPU | $0.1360 |
| m5dn.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.2720 |
| m5dn.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.5440 |
| m5dn.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $1.09 |
| m5dn.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $2.18 |
| m5dn.12xlarge | 48 vCPU | $3.26 |
| m5dn.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $4.35 |
| m5dn.24xlarge | 96 vCPU | $6.53 |