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| general-purposem5.2xlarge | general-purposem5.8xlarge | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | ||
| vCPUs | 8 | 32 |
| Memory | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory per vCPU | 4.00 GB | 4.00 GB |
| Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel | Intel |
| Family | m5 | m5 |
| Category | general-purpose | general-purpose |
| Price in us-east-1 | ||
| On-demand | $0.384$280.32/mo | $1.536$1121.28/mo |
| Spot | $0.150$109.72/mo | $0.478$349.16/mo |
| Reserved 1-year | $0.26830% off on-demand | $1.07430% off on-demand |
| Reserved 3-year | $0.18053% off on-demand | $0.72153% off on-demand |
| Spot savings | 61% | 69% |
| Cost efficiency in us-east-1 | ||
| $ / vCPU / hr | $0.0480 | $0.0480 |
| $ / GB RAM / hr | $0.0120 | $0.0120 |
| Availability | ||
| Regions | 29 | 29 |
| Cheapest region | us-east-1 · $0.384 | us-east-1 · $1.536 |
| Cheapest spot region | sa-east-1 · $0.061 | eu-north-1 · $0.163 |
| Price snapshot | 2026-08-14 | 2026-08-14 |