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m5d.16xlarge

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.16xlarge16 Extra Large16xlarge = 16 Extra Large64 vCPUs • 256.0 GiB RAM • 2400 GB NVMe SSD • 20 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$3.6160/ hr
~$2,639.68/mo
Compute
64vCPUs
32 cores • x86_64
Memory
256.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0565/ vCPU-hr
$0.0141/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 Score915,070
CoreMark / vCPU14,298 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding162 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar253,061 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0565
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0141

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 ConfigurationNVMe SSD (2400 GB)
Local NVMe Disk2400 GB
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
$3.6160/ hr
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
Highest Price Region
$5.7600/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$4.3335/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
31regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 31 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Africa (Cape Town)
af-south-1$4.8000
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
ap-east-1$4.9600
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
ap-south-2$3.9040
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
ap-southeast-3$4.5120
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
ap-southeast-4$4.5440
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
ap-south-1$3.9040
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
ap-northeast-3$4.6720
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$4.4480
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$4.5120
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$4.5440
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$4.6720
AWS GovCloud (US-East)
us-gov-east-1$4.5760
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$4.5760
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$4.0320
Canada West (Calgary)
ca-west-1$4.0320
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$4.3520
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$4.0320
EU (London)
eu-west-2$4.1920
EU (Milan)
eu-south-1$4.2240
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$4.2240
EU (Stockholm)
eu-north-1$3.8400
Europe (Spain)
eu-south-2$4.0320
Europe (Zurich)
eu-central-2$4.7870
Israel (Tel Aviv)
il-central-1$4.2340
Middle East (Bahrain)
me-south-1$4.4350
Middle East (UAE)
me-central-1$4.4350
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$5.7600
US East (N. Virginia)Lowest
us-east-1$3.6160
US East (Ohio)Lowest
us-east-2$3.6160
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$4.2560
US West (Oregon)Lowest
us-west-2$3.6160