m5d.16xlarge by Amazon Web Services
m5d.16xlarge is a General purpose [Instance store volumes] Gen5 16xlarge server offered by Amazon Web Services with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB of memory and 2.4 TB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.3904 USD per hour.
64 vCPU
256 GiB Memory
2.4 TB Storage
Spare SCore
54133
(All-cores)
(All-cores)
1285
(Single-core)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | aws |
Name | m5d.16xlarge |
Description | General purpose [Instance store volumes] Gen5 16xlarge |
Family | m5d |
Hw Virt | |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-06-29T20:31:55.268792 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Oregon (US) / us-west-2 | 1.278125 USD/h | 3.616 USD/h |
Ohio (US) / us-east-2 | 1.243 USD/h | 3.616 USD/h |
Northern Virgina (US) / us-east-1 | 1.563 USD/h | 3.616 USD/h |
Stockholm (SE) / eu-north-1 | 0.735867 USD/h | 3.84 USD/h |
Hyderabad (IN) / ap-south-2 | 0.7957 USD/h | 3.904 USD/h |
Mumbai (IN) / ap-south-1 | 0.800067 USD/h | 3.904 USD/h |
Calgary (CA) / ca-west-1 | 0.4032 USD/h | 4.032 USD/h |
Aragón (ES) / eu-south-2 | 1.6128 USD/h | 4.032 USD/h |
Quebec (CA) / ca-central-1 | 1.310167 USD/h | 4.032 USD/h |
Dublin (IE) / eu-west-1 | 1.783567 USD/h | 4.032 USD/h |
London (GB) / eu-west-2 | 1.332133 USD/h | 4.192 USD/h |
Milan (IT) / eu-south-1 | 0.466067 USD/h | 4.224 USD/h |
Paris (FR) / eu-west-3 | 1.1721 USD/h | 4.224 USD/h |
Tel Aviv (IL) / il-central-1 | 0.714067 USD/h | 4.234 USD/h |
California (US) / us-west-1 | 1.79985 USD/h | 4.256 USD/h |
Frankfurt (DE) / eu-central-1 | 1.4962 USD/h | 4.352 USD/h |
United Arab Emirates / me-central-1 | 1.2266 USD/h | 4.435 USD/h |
Seoul (KR) / ap-northeast-2 | 1.235975 USD/h | 4.448 USD/h |
Jakarta (ID) / ap-southeast-3 | 0.598167 USD/h | 4.512 USD/h |
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1 | 1.601967 USD/h | 4.512 USD/h |
Melbourne (AU) / ap-southeast-4 | 0.4544 USD/h | 4.544 USD/h |
Sydney (AU) / ap-southeast-2 | 1.7562 USD/h | 4.544 USD/h |
Osaka (JP) / ap-northeast-3 | 1.1768 USD/h | 4.672 USD/h |
Tokyo (JP) / ap-northeast-1 | 1.492967 USD/h | 4.672 USD/h |
Zurich (CH) / eu-central-2 | 0.5766 USD/h | 4.787 USD/h |
Cape Town (ZA) / af-south-1 | 0.48 USD/h | 4.8 USD/h |
Hong Kong (HK) / ap-east-1 | 0.549267 USD/h | 4.96 USD/h |
Sao Paulo (BR) / sa-east-1 | 3.0811 USD/h | 5.76 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 64 |
Hypervisor | nitro |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Cores | 32 |
CPU Speed | 3.1 GHz |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
CPU Manufacturer | Intel |
CPU Family | Xeon |
CPU Model | 8259CL |
CPU L1D Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 1 MiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 1 MiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 1 MiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 32 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 36 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 72 MiB |
CPU Flags | fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ss, ht, syscall, nx, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, nopl, xtopology, nonstop_tsc, cpuid, aperfmperf, tsc_known_freq, pni, pclmulqdq, ssse3, fma, cx16, pcid, sse4_1, sse4_2, x2apic, movbe, popcnt, tsc_deadline_timer, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, abm, 3dnowprefetch, pti, fsgsbase, tsc_adjust, bmi1, avx2, smep, bmi2, erms, invpcid, mpx, avx512f, avx512dq, rdseed, adx, smap, clflushopt, clwb, avx512cd, avx512bw, avx512vl, xsaveopt, xsavec, xgetbv1, xsaves, ida, arat, pku, ospke |
Ecpus | 42.1 |
Scalability | 131.56 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 256 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 256 GiB |
Memory Generation | DDR4 |
Memory Speed | 2933 Mhz |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 2400 GB |
Storage Type | nvme ssd |
Storages |
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| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Network Speed Baseline | 20 Gbps |
Network Speed Max | 20 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Baseline | 13.6 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Max | 13.6 Gbps |
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
A balanced general-purpose instance featuring high-capacity local NVMe SSD storage and strong memory bandwidth for multi-threaded enterprise workloads.
General PurposeStorage & Database
Amazon Web Services m5d.16xlarge is a general-purpose instance featuring 64 dedicated vCPUs powered by an Intel Xeon 8259CL x86_64 processor at 3.1 GHz. It is equipped with 256.0 GB of DDR4 memory and 2400 GB of local NVMe SSD storage, running on the AWS Nitro hypervisor with a 20 Gbps baseline network speed. Performance benchmarks show weak single-core CPU metrics but average multi-core capabilities, alongside strong large-block memory bandwidth. Lacking a GPU, this instance is not suited for heavy LLM text generation but performs reliably in multi-threaded tasks. The combination of balanced compute-to-memory resources and high-speed local storage makes the m5d.16xlarge highly effective for database operations, static web serving, and general-purpose enterprise workloads requiring fast local data access.
Economics
Performance
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Geekbench Single-Core
Score: 1,055
Geekbench Multi-Core
Score: 11,234
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 44078 |
Compression | 811560 |
Encryption | 25714 |
Extended Instructions | 52992 |
Floating Point Maths | 100411 |
Integer Maths | 187713 |
Physics | 4704 |
Prime Numbers | 264 |
Single Threaded | 1878 |
String Sorting | 95299 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 2663 |
Database Operations | 21665 |
Memory Latency | 53 |
Memory Read Cached | 22595 |
Memory Read Uncached | 10819 |
Memory Write | 10258 |
Stress-ng Raw Scores
Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance
LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing
LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
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| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| m5d.large | 2 | 8 GiB | 0 |
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| m5d.2xlarge | 8 | 32 GiB | 0 |
| m5d.4xlarge | 16 | 64 GiB | 0 |
| m5d.8xlarge | 32 | 128 GiB | 0 |
| m5d.12xlarge | 48 | 192 GiB | 0 |
| m5d.24xlarge | 96 | 384 GiB | 0 |
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