Instances›AWS EC2›m5›m5.2xlarge
Compute
vCPUs8
Memory32 GiB
Mem / vCPU4.00 GiB
ProcessorXeon Platinum 8175
Clock speed3.1 GHz
Architecturex86_64
Storage
TypeEBS only
Bandwidth4,750 Mbps
Throughput593.75 MB/s
IOPS18,750
Networking
PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit
Max ENIs4
IPv6Yes
GPUNone
Family sizes
m5.large2 vCPU · 8 GiB
m5.xlarge4 vCPU · 16 GiB
m5.2xlarge8 vCPU · 32 GiB
m5.4xlarge16 vCPU · 64 GiB
m5.8xlarge32 vCPU · 128 GiB
m5.12xlarge48 vCPU · 192 GiB
m5.16xlarge64 vCPU · 256 GiB
m5.24xlarge96 vCPU · 384 GiB
m5.metal96 vCPU · 384 GiB
m5.2xlarge

m5.2xlarge is AWS's general-purpose EC2 size at 8 vCPU and 32 GiB. In the name, "m" is the general-purpose line, "5" is the generation and "2xlarge" is the size within the m5 family. It runs on Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 at 3.1 GHz, and AWS introduced it in November 2017. AWS has since shipped m6i, m7i, m8i and m9g; m6i.2xlarge is the direct replacement at this size, scoring 138,823 CoreMark/s against this instance's 115,791 — roughly 20% more throughput for the same vCPU count. On Rackspace Spot the same shape is gp.vs1.xlarge — 8 vCPU, 32 GiB, matched on both dimensions, about 92% below the US East (N. Virginia) on-demand rate.

Pricing by region
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RegionAWS on-demandAWS Spot1-yr Reserved3-yr ReservedRackspace SpotYou save
US East, N. Virginia$0.384$0.160$0.242$0.166$0.031
$0.353 savings
US Central, Chicagono AWS region$0.021
US Central, Dallasno AWS region$0.081
Hong Kong$0.528$0.333$0.228$0.006
$0.522 savings
Sydney, Australia$0.480$0.160$0.302$0.207$0.006
$0.474 savings
London, UK$0.444$0.110$0.280$0.192$0.031
$0.413 savings
US West, San Jose$0.448$0.120$0.282$0.194$0.081
$0.367 savings
US Central, Dallas 2no AWS region$0.081
US East, N. Virginia 2$0.384$0.160$0.242$0.166$0.081
$0.303 savings
When to use it
Good for
  • ●Web and application servers with mixed CPU and memory demand
  • ●Microservices and container fleets
  • ●Development, staging and CI environments
  • ●Workloads that fit inside 32 GiB of RAM
  • ●Parallel work that can occupy 8 vCPU
  • ●Network-heavy services — AWS rates this size at Up to 10 Gigabit
Avoid if
  • ●Starting a new deployment. m6i.2xlarge is the newer generation at this size.
  • ●The working set needs more than 32 GiB of RAM
  • ●More than 4.00 GiB of RAM per vCPU is needed — that ratio is fixed for the whole family
  • ●Local NVMe or instance-store disk is a hard requirement
  • ●GPU or FPGA acceleration is needed
  • ●Sustained full-core CPU load. A compute-optimized family costs less per unit of work.
Stop overpaying AWS. This compute costs $280/mo on AWS vs $23/mo on Rackspace Spot.
  • Spot sells spare capacity at market prices. It is the cheapest compute on the internet.
  • Prices are set by supply and demand. You pay what the market decides.
  • Compute is delivered as fully managed Kubernetes. All infrastructure is taken care of.
  • Egress costs $0.01/GB after the free allowance. AWS charges $0.09/GB.
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