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m5d.xlarge

Part of the M5D General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name: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.dDirect-Attached NVMe SSDd = Direct-Attached NVMe SSDEquipped with physical high-speed NVMe SSD instance store volumes attached locally to the host server for temporary scratch and caching.xlargeExtra Large (1x)xlarge = Extra Large (1x)4 vCPUs • 16 GB RAM • 150 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 10 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.2260/ hr
~$164.98/mo
Compute
4vCPUs
2 cores • x86_64
Memory
16GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0565/ vCPU-hr
$0.0141/GB-hr
Network
Up to 10 Gbps
Baseline: 1.25 Gbps
Storage & EBS
593.75MB/s
Max: 18,750 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads4 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score59,020
CoreMark / vCPU14,755.1 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding20 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar261,150 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0565
Cost per GB-hr$0.0141

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods
Max ECS Tasks20 tasks
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI15
Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth1.25 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (150 GB)
Local NVMe Disk150 GB NVMe SSD
EBS Baseline Throughput143.75 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS6,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS18,750
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2120 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor8
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2018-06-04

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.2260/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.3600/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.2708/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
31regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 31 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
af-south-1
Africa (Cape Town)
$0.3000
ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
$0.3100
ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
$0.2440
ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
$0.2820
ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
$0.2840
ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
$0.2440
ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
$0.2920
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.2780
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.2820
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.2840
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.2920
us-gov-east-1
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
$0.2860
us-gov-west-1
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
$0.2860
ca-central-1
Canada (Central)
$0.2520
ca-west-1
Canada West (Calgary)
$0.2520
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.2720
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.2520
eu-west-2
EU (London)
$0.2620
eu-south-1
EU (Milan)
$0.2640
eu-west-3
EU (Paris)
$0.2640
eu-north-1
EU (Stockholm)
$0.2400
eu-south-2
Europe (Spain)
$0.2520
eu-central-2
Europe (Zurich)
$0.2990
il-central-1
Israel (Tel Aviv)
$0.2650
me-south-1
Middle East (Bahrain)
$0.2770
me-central-1
Middle East (UAE)
$0.2770
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.3600
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$0.2260
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$0.2260
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.2660
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$0.2260