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| general-purposem5.2xlarge | general-purposem5.large | |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | ||
| vCPUs | 8 | 2 |
| Memory | 32 GB | 8 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 | $0.096$70.08/mo |
| Spot | $0.150$109.72/mo | $0.041$29.93/mo |
| Reserved 1-year | $0.26830% off on-demand | $0.06830% off on-demand |
| Reserved 3-year | $0.18053% off on-demand | $0.04653% off on-demand |
| Spot savings | 61% | 57% |
| Cost efficiency in us-east-1 | ||
| $ / vCPU / hr | $0.0480 | $0.0480 |
| $ / GB RAM / hr | $0.0120 | $0.0120 |
| Availability | ||
| Regions | 29 | 28 |
| Cheapest region | us-east-1 · $0.384 | us-east-1 · $0.096 |
| Cheapest spot region | sa-east-1 · $0.061 | eu-south-1 · $0.021 |
| Price snapshot | 2026-08-14 | 2026-08-14 |