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m5.16xlarge

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.16xlarge16 Extra Large16xlarge = 16 Extra Large64 vCPUs • 256.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • 20 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$3.0720/ hr
~$2,242.56/mo
Compute
64vCPUs
32 cores • x86_64
Memory
256.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0480/ vCPU-hr
$0.0120/GiB-hr
Network
20Gbps
Baseline: 20 Gbps
Storage & EBS
1,700MB/s
Max: 60,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads64 vCPUs
Physical Cores32
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score936,266
CoreMark / vCPU14,629.2 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding161 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar304,774 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0480
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0120

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods737 pods
Max ECS Tasks120 tasks
Max ENIs15
IPv4/v6 per ENI50
Total Addressable IPs750 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network Performance20 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth20 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth20 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput1700 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput1700 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS60,000
EBS Max / Burst IOPS60,000
Dedicated EBS Throughput10000 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesSupported (Isolated security enclaves)
Normalization Factor128
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2019-06-27

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$3.0720/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$4.8960/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$3.7396/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
35regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 35 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$4.0640
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$4.2240
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
ap-south-2$3.2320
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$3.8400
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$3.8400
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$3.2320
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$3.9680
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$3.7760
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$3.8400
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$3.8400
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$3.9680
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$3.8720
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$3.8720
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$3.4240
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$3.4240
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$3.6800
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$3.4240
EU (London)
eu-west-2$3.5520
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$3.5840
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$3.5840
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$3.2640
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$3.4240
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$4.0480
India (Delhi)
ap-south-1-del-1$4.3630
India (Kolkata)
ap-south-1-ccu-1$4.3630
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$3.5950
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$3.7660
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$3.7660
Nigeria (Lagos)
af-south-1-los-1$4.6740
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$4.8960
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$3.0720
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$3.0720
US West (Los Angeles)
us-west-2-lax-1$3.6860
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$3.5840
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$3.0720