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m5.12xlarge

Part of the M5 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.12xlarge12 Extra Large12xlarge = 12 Extra Large48 vCPUs • 192.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • 10 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$2.3040/ hr
~$1,681.92/mo
Compute
48vCPUs
24 cores • x86_64
Memory
192.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0480/ vCPU-hr
$0.0120/GiB-hr
Network
12Gbps
Baseline: 12 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,187.5MB/s
Max: 40,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads48 vCPUs
Physical Cores24
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score680,240
CoreMark / vCPU14,171.7 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding157 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar295,243 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0480
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0120

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods234 pods
Max ECS Tasks60 tasks
Max ENIs8
IPv4/v6 per ENI30
Total Addressable IPs240 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance10 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth12 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth12 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput1187.5 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1187.5 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS40,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS40,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput7000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor96
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2017-11-28

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$2.3040/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$4.2230/ hr
Argentina (Buenos Aires) (us-east-1-bue-1)
Global Fleet Average
$2.8561/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
37regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 37 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$3.0480
Argentina (Buenos Aires)Highest
us-east-1-bue-1$4.2230
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$3.1680
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
ap-south-2$2.4240
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$2.8800
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$2.8800
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$2.4240
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$2.9760
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$2.8320
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$2.8800
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$2.8800
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$2.9760
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$2.9040
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$2.9040
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$2.5680
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$2.5680
Chile (Santiago)
us-east-1-scl-1$3.8560
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$2.7600
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$2.5680
EU (London)
eu-west-2$2.6640
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$2.6880
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$2.6880
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$2.4480
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$2.5680
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$3.0360
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$2.6960
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$2.8250
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$2.8250
South America (Sao Paulo)
sa-east-1$3.6720
Taiwan (Taipei)
ap-northeast-1-tpe-1$3.7200
US East (Miami)
us-east-1-mia-1$2.8800
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$2.3040
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$2.3040
US West (Denver)
us-west-2-den-1$2.8800
US West (Los Angeles)
us-west-2-lax-1$2.7650
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$2.6880
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$2.3040