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m5.large
m5.large is AWS's general-purpose EC2 size at 2 vCPU and 8 GiB. In the name, "m" is the general-purpose line, "5" is the generation and "large" 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.large is the direct replacement at this size, scoring 35,055 CoreMark/s against this instance's 28,470 — roughly 23% more throughput for the same vCPU count. Rackspace Spot maps this to gp.vs1.large (4 vCPU, 16 GiB), giving you 2 more vCPU and 8 GiB more memory, about 89% below the US East (N. Virginia) on-demand rate.
Pricing by region
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| Region | AWS on-demand | AWS Spot | 1-yr Reserved | 3-yr Reserved | Rackspace Spot | You save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East, N. Virginia | $0.096 | $0.042 | $0.060 | $0.041 | $0.011 | $0.085 savings |
| US Central, Chicago | no AWS region | $0.011 | ||||
| US Central, Dallas | no AWS region | $0.021 | ||||
| Hong Kong | $0.132 | $0.083 | $0.057 | $0.011 | $0.121 savings | |
| Sydney, Australia | $0.120 | $0.047 | $0.076 | $0.052 | $0.011 | $0.109 savings |
| London, UK | $0.111 | $0.037 | $0.070 | $0.048 | $0.026 | $0.085 savings |
| US West, San Jose | $0.112 | $0.035 | $0.071 | $0.048 | $0.041 | $0.071 savings |
| US Central, Dallas 2 | no AWS region | $0.041 | ||||
| US East, N. Virginia 2 | $0.096 | $0.042 | $0.060 | $0.041 | $0.041 | $0.055 savings |
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