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m5zn.xlarge

Part of the M5ZN 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.zHigh Frequency Turbo CPUz = High Frequency Turbo CPUHigh sustained all-core turbo frequency (up to 4.5 GHz) for single-threaded performance and latency-sensitive workloads.nEnhanced Networkingn = Enhanced NetworkingEnhanced networking capabilities delivering up to 100/200/400 Gbps network bandwidth and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support.xlargeExtra Large (1x)xlarge = Extra Large (1x)4 vCPUs • 16 GB RAM • EBS only • Up to 25 Gbps Network
Price (Linux)
$0.3303/ hr
~$241.12/mo
Compute
4vCPUs
2 cores • x86_64
Memory
16GB
4.0 GB / vCPU
Value
$0.0826/ vCPU-hr
$0.0206/GB-hr
Network
Up to 25 Gbps
Baseline: 5 Gbps
Storage & EBS
396.25MB/s
Max: 13,333 IOPS

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Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8252
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads4 vCPUs
Physical Cores2
Clock Speed4.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score82,402
CoreMark / vCPU20,600.5 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding28 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar249,476 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0826
Cost per GB-hr$0.0206

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods58 pods
Max ECS Tasks31 tasks
Max ENIs4
IPv4/v6 per ENI15
Total Addressable IPs60 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 25 Gbps
Baseline Bandwidth5 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth25 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput195.5 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS6,667
EBS Max / Burst IOPS13,333
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 3170 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor8
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2020-12-01

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.3303/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.5265/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.3932/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
11regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 11 regions
RegionOn-Demand Price
ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
$0.4060
ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
$0.4130
ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
$0.4130
ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
$0.4267
eu-central-1
EU (Frankfurt)
$0.3957
eu-west-1
EU (Ireland)
$0.3682
sa-east-1
South America (Sao Paulo)
Highest
$0.5265
us-east-1
US East (N. Virginia)
Lowest
$0.3303
us-east-2
US East (Ohio)
Lowest
$0.3303
us-west-1
US West (N. California)
$0.3854
us-west-2
US West (Oregon)
Lowest
$0.3303