M5 General Purpose
Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.
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mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.55th Generation5 = 5th GenerationAWS 5th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.Alternatives to m5
| Option | Price vs m5 | Why look at it |
|---|---|---|
| m4Compare → | +4%+$0.008/hr xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1 | Previous generation, same vCPU and RAM |
| m6iCompare → | same price xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1 | Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM |
| m7iCompare → | +5%+$0.0096/hr xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1 | Newer generation, same vCPU and RAM |
| m7gCompare → | -15%-$0.0288/hr xlarge, Linux on-demand, us-east-1 | Graviton (arm64), newer generation, same vCPU and RAM |
Common use cases
- Web servers
- Application servers
- Small-to-medium databases
- Development environments
Head-to-Head Architecture Comparisons
View all comparisons →Generational Evolutionm4 vs m5 vs m6i vs m7i vs m7g
AWS General Purpose Evolution: M4 vs M5 vs M6i vs M7i vs M7g
From Haswell to Sapphire Rapids and Graviton3 in the 4:1 RAM workhorse tier
Compare specifications →Generational Evolutionm5 vs m6i vs m7i
AWS Pure Intel General Purpose Upgrade: M5 vs M6i vs M7i
Modernizing Intel Xeon fleets without recompiling for ARM
Compare specifications →Instance types (8)
| Instance | vCPU | Memory | Architecture | From (Linux, $/hr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m5.large | 2 | 8 GB | x86_64 | $0.0960 |
| m5.xlarge | 4 | 16 GB | x86_64 | $0.1920 |
| m5.2xlarge | 8 | 32 GB | x86_64 | $0.3840 |
| m5.4xlarge | 16 | 64 GB | x86_64 | $0.7680 |
| m5.8xlarge | 32 | 128 GB | x86_64 | $1.5360 |
| m5.12xlarge | 48 | 192 GB | x86_64 | $2.3040 |
| m5.16xlarge | 64 | 256 GB | x86_64 | $3.0720 |
| m5.24xlarge | 96 | 384 GB | x86_64 | $4.6080 |