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m5.large

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.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 8.0 GiB RAM • EBS only • Up to 10 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0960/ hr
~$70.08/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
8.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0480/ vCPU-hr
$0.0120/GiB-hr
Network
10Gbps
Baseline: 0.75 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 / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed3.1 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2AVX & AVX2 Supported
Intel Turbo BoostYes
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score28,470
CoreMark / vCPU14,234.9 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding12 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar296,563 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0480
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0120

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods29 pods
Max ECS Tasks10 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI10
Total Addressable IPs30 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth0.75 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationEBS only
Local NVMe DiskNone (EBS only)
EBS Baseline Throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS3,600
EBS Max / Burst IOPS18,750
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2120 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor4
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2017-11-28

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0960/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.1620/ hr
Australia (Perth) (ap-southeast-2-per-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.1162/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
33regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 33 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$0.1270
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$0.1320
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
ap-south-2$0.1010
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$0.1200
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$0.1200
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$0.1010
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$0.1240
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.1180
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.1200
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.1200
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.1240
Australia (Perth)Highest
ap-southeast-2-per-1$0.1620
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$0.1210
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.1210
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.1070
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$0.1070
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.1150
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.1070
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.1110
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$0.1120
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$0.1120
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$0.1020
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$0.1070
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$0.1270
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$0.1120
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$0.1180
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$0.1180
South America (Sao Paulo)
sa-east-1$0.1530
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$0.0960
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$0.0960
US West (Los Angeles)
us-west-2-lax-1$0.1150
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.1120
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$0.0960