Hey thanks for the note -- that's a good confounding factor I didn't take into account. > Based on Custom Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8175M series processors runnin

Hey thanks for the note -- that's a good confounding factor I didn't take into account. > Based on Custom Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8175M series processors running at 2.5 GHz, the M5 instances are designed for highly demanding workloads and will deliver 14% better price/performance than the M4 instances on a per-core basis. If we take AWS at their word here, all other things equal 30% is a pretty decent result (with absolutely no tuning) -- I'll update the post with this caveat! All together though, this does still contribute to the point that Nitro is well worth the money.