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m5zn.2xlarge pricing and specs in EU (Ireland)

8 vCPU · 32 GiB · Up to 25 Gigabit · Intel Xeon Platinum 8252

$0.7364/hour on-demand · $538/month (Linux, Shared)

m5zn.2xlarge is a general-purpose EC2 instance with 8 vCPU and 32 GiB, generation 5 of the m family. On-demand it costs $0.7364 an hour, about $538 a month if it runs all month. A one-year commitment with nothing up front works out at $0.4612 an hour and pays for itself above roughly 457 hours a month; below that, on-demand is cheaper. The three-year options go down to $0.2790 an hour, 62% below on-demand. The newer m6g.2xlarge offers the same size for $0.3440 an hour, 53% less and moves to Graviton. Across regions the cheapest place to run m5zn.2xlarge is US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) at $0.6607 an hour, 10% below EU (Ireland).

Pricing by OS (hourly, USD, Shared)

OptionLinuxWindowsRHELSUSEUbuntu Pro
On-Demand$0.7364$1.1044$0.8516$0.8614$0.7504
Spot$0.3013$0.5428———
1y Std RI NU$0.4612$0.8292$0.5764$0.5212—
1y Std RI PU$0.4392$0.8073$0.5544$0.4993—
1y Std RI AU$0.4305$0.7985$0.5457$0.4904—
3y Std RI NU$0.3206$0.6886$0.4358$0.3746—
3y Std RI PU$0.2968$0.6648$0.4120$0.3508—
3y Std RI AU$0.2790$0.6470$0.3942$0.3330—
1y Conv RI NU$0.5535$0.9215$0.6687$0.6135—
3y Conv RI NU$0.3847$0.7527$0.4999$0.4387—
1y Compute SP NU$0.5535$0.9215$0.6687$0.6134$0.5647
3y Compute SP NU$0.3847$0.7527$0.4999$0.4387$0.3938
1y EC2 SP NU$0.4612$0.8292$0.5764$0.5211$0.4724
3y EC2 SP NU$0.3206$0.6886$0.4358$0.3746$0.3297

Spot by AZ (7-day p50, Linux): eu-west-1c $0.2930 · eu-west-1b $0.3013 · eu-west-1a $0.3251

Newer generations of the same size

Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.

Graviton-eligible → m6g.2xlarge (-53%)
Type$/hPrice ΔvCPU per $ ΔSaves / mo
m6g.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.3440-53%+114%$286
m7g.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.3638-51%+102%$272
m5a.2xlarge$0.3840-48%+92%$257
m6a.2xlarge$0.3852-48%+91%$256
m8g.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.4002-46%+84%$245
m6gd.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.4032-45%+83%$243
m7i-flex.2xlarge$0.4269-42%+72%$226
m6i.2xlarge$0.4280-42%+72%$225

Cheapest regions for m5zn.2xlarge

RegionOn-Demand $/hvs eu-west-1Saves / mo
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.6607-10%$55
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.6607-10%$55
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.6607-10%$55
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.7364current—
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.7708+5%$-25
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.7914+7%$-40

Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.

Price history (eu-west-1)

Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.

DateOD LinuxOD Windows1y RI3y RISpot p50
2026-10-22$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3013
2026-10-21$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3014
2026-10-20$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3034
2026-10-19$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3060
2026-10-18$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3078
2026-10-17$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3098
2026-10-13$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3113
2026-10-12$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3106
2026-10-09$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3103
2026-10-08$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3104
2026-10-07$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3071
2026-10-06$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2944
2026-10-05$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2950
2026-10-04$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2956
2026-10-03$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2964
2026-10-02$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2967
2026-10-01$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2969
2026-09-30$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2973
2026-09-29$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.2982
2026-09-28$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3023
2026-09-27$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3043
2026-09-26$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3059
2026-09-25$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3063
2026-09-24$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3088
2026-09-22$0.7364$1.1044$0.4612$0.3206$0.3100

All attributes

vCPU
8
Cores / threads per core
4 / 2
Memory
32 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4.00 GiB
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8252
Architecture
x86_64
Sustained clock
4.5 GHz
Hypervisor
nitro
Generation
Current
Burstable
No
Bare metal
No
Free tier eligible
No
Network performance
Up to 25 Gigabit
Network baseline / burst
10.0 / 25.0 Gbps
Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
4 × 15
IPv6 / ENA / EFA
IPv6 / ENA / —
EBS optimized
Yes
EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
3170 / 3170 Mbps
EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
13,333 / 13333
EBS NVMe
required
Instance storage
EBS only
GPU
—
Placement groups
cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
No / Yes
Dedicated hosts
Supported
Boot modes
legacy-bios, uefi
Spot supported
Yes

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