m5dn.8xlarge
General purpose · m5dn series · Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
- vCPU
- 32
- Memory
- 128 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $2.18
- Per month
- $1,588
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0680
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0170
Analysis
The m5dn.8xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m5dn series with 32 vCPUs and 128 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.8xlarge on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $1.38/hour, 37% less ($584 a month). The other variants are the m5.8xlarge at $1.54, the m5ad.8xlarge at $1.65 and the m5d.8xlarge at $1.81.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of Tokyo saves $456 a month per instance: $2.18/hour against $2.80/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 $2.18/hour in US East (N. Virginia), $1,588 a month if left running, which puts it mid-table for general purpose types at the 71st percentile per vCPU ($0.0680 per vCPU-hour) and the 71st percentile per GiB ($0.0170 per GiB-hour).
Looking beyond its own line, 25 of 37 current types with 32 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the m6g.8xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $1.23/hour.
It has local instance storage (2 x 600 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: 25 Gigabit.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $2.18 | $3.65 | $1.37 | $0.8460 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $2.18 | $3.65 | $1.37 | $0.8460 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $2.18 | $3.65 | $1.37 | $0.8460 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $2.43 | $3.90 | $1.53 | $1.05 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $2.59 | $4.06 | $1.63 | $1.12 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $2.67 | $4.14 | $1.68 | $1.05 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $2.80 | $4.27 | $1.76 | $1.21 |
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.8xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.8xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 32 | 128 GiB | $1.23 | -43% |
| m7g.8xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 32 | 128 GiB | $1.31 | -40% |
| m5a.8xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 32 | 128 GiB | $1.38 | -37% |
| m6a.8xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 32 | 128 GiB | $1.38 | -36% |
| m8g.8xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 32 | 128 GiB | $1.44 | -34% |
| m6gd.8xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 32 | 128 GiB | $1.45 | -34% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 32 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 128 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) |
| Clock | 3.1 GHz |
| Storage | 2 x 600 NVMe SSD |
| Network | 25 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 |