Compare m5.xlarge vs m5.2xlarge

An in-depth comparison of AWS EC2 instances m5.xlarge vs m5.2xlarge, providing detailed insights into pricing, configurations, and performance.

m5.xlarge

The m5.xlarge machine type has 4 vCPUs and 16 GB of memory. Pricing for this instance starts at $0.19 per hour and $140.16 monthly in region us-east-1.

Instance Configuration

Region
Pricing
Hourly Cost

$0.1920

Monthly Cost

$140.1600

Reserved - 1 year

$0.1320

Reserved - 3 yearN/A
Compute
Value
vCPUs
4
Memory (Gib)
16.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
4
Clock Speed (GHz)
3.1
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
Up to 10 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
4750
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
593.75
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
18750

m5.2xlarge

The m5.2xlarge machine type has 8 vCPUs and 32 GB of memory. Pricing for this instance starts at $0.38 per hour and $280.32 monthly in region us-east-1.

Instance Configuration

Region
Pricing
Hourly Cost

$0.3840

Monthly Cost

$280.3200

Reserved - 1 year

$0.2630

Reserved - 3 yearN/A
Compute
Value
vCPUs
8
Memory (Gib)
32.00
Memory per vCPU (Gib)
4
Clock Speed (GHz)
3.1
CPU Architecture
x86_64
Networking
Value
Network Performance
Up to 10 Gigabit
IPv6
true
Storage
Value
Disk Space (GiB)
N/A
EBS Optimized
True
Max Bandwidth (Mbps) on EBS
4750
Max Throughput (MB/s) on EBS
593.75
Max I/O Operations/second (IOPS)
18750