c5a.24xlarge

c5a.24xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 96 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.696 per hour on demand ($2,698.08 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.328 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.9585 per hour. It is sold in 22 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $2.256 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$2.256$0.7763$1.421$0.975$1.755$1.174
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$3.696$0.9585$2.328$1.597$2.686$1.784
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.696$0.7687$2.328$1.597$2.686$1.784
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.696$1.322$2.328$1.597$2.686$1.784
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$3.936$0.3936$2.48$1.70$3.124$2.159
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$4.032$0.7868$2.54$1.742$3.103$1.929
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$4.128$1.131$2.601$1.783$3.216$2.318
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.128$1.587$2.601$1.783$3.259$2.274
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.176$1.167$2.631$1.804$3.306$2.377
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$4.224$0.9833$2.661$1.825$3.269$2.185
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$4.368$0.5558$2.752$1.887$3.449$2.406
EU (London) eu-west-2$4.368$0.7998$2.752$1.887$3.454$2.392
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$4.368$0.5803$2.752$1.887$3.444$2.429
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$4.416–$2.782$1.908$3.218$2.017
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$4.416–$2.782$1.908$3.218$2.017
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$4.56$0.8462$2.873$1.97$3.625$2.517
US West (N. California) us-west-1$4.56$1.213$2.873$1.97$3.577$2.423
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$4.608$1.412$2.903$1.991$3.803$2.737
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$4.656$0.5334$2.933$2.011$3.618$2.414
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$4.80$1.375$3.024$2.074$3.508$2.473
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$4.944$0.957$3.115$2.136$3.914$2.718
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$5.664$0.5664$3.568$2.447$4.639$3.04
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$3.696$2.328$1.597
SUSE$3.821$2.388$1.651
Ubuntu Pro$3.864––
RHEL$4.733$3.365$2.633
Linux SQL Web$5.318$3.951$3.219
RHEL HA$6.077$4.709$3.977
RHEL SQL Web$6.355––
Windows$8.112$6.744$6.013
Windows SQL Web$9.734$8.367$7.635
Linux SQL Std$15.216$13.848$13.117
RHEL SQL Std$16.253––
RHEL HA SQL Std$17.597––
Windows SQL Std$19.632$18.264$17.533
Linux SQL Ent$39.696$38.328$37.597
RHEL SQL Ent$40.733––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$42.077––
Windows SQL Ent$44.112$42.744$42.013

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs96
Physical cores48
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed3.3 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)192
NetworkingValue
Network20 Gbps
Network baseline20 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput9500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5a.24xlarge
Familyc5a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor192
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other c5a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c5a.large24$0.077
c5a.xlarge48$0.154
c5a.2xlarge816$0.308
c5a.4xlarge1632$0.616
c5a.8xlarge3264$1.232
c5a.12xlarge4896$1.848
c5a.16xlarge64128$2.464
c5a.24xlarge96192$3.696

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.