c5a.2xlarge

c5a.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.308 per hour on demand ($224.84 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.194 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1129 per hour. It is sold in 22 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.188 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$0.188$0.1059$0.118$0.081$0.146$0.098
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.308$0.1129$0.194$0.133$0.224$0.149
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.308$0.0782$0.194$0.133$0.224$0.149
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.308$0.1222$0.194$0.133$0.224$0.149
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.328$0.0635$0.207$0.142$0.26$0.18
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.336$0.1723$0.212$0.145$0.259$0.161
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.344$0.1113$0.217$0.149$0.268$0.193
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.344$0.1978$0.217$0.149$0.272$0.189
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.348$0.1707$0.219$0.15$0.276$0.198
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.352$0.1691$0.222$0.152$0.272$0.182
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.364$0.1196$0.229$0.157$0.287$0.2
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.364$0.144$0.229$0.157$0.288$0.199
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.364$0.1441$0.229$0.157$0.287$0.202
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.368–$0.232$0.159$0.268$0.168
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.368–$0.232$0.159$0.268$0.168
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.38$0.1008$0.239$0.164$0.302$0.21
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.38$0.131$0.239$0.164$0.298$0.202
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.384$0.183$0.242$0.166$0.317$0.228
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.388$0.1349$0.244$0.168$0.301$0.201
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.4$0.1924$0.252$0.173$0.292$0.206
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.412$0.1615$0.26$0.178$0.326$0.226
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.472$0.1007$0.297$0.204$0.387$0.253
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$0.308$0.194$0.133
Ubuntu Pro$0.322––
RHEL$0.423$0.309$0.248
SUSE$0.433$0.254$0.187
Linux SQL Web$0.443$0.329$0.268
RHEL SQL Web$0.558––
RHEL HA$0.563$0.449$0.388
Windows$0.676$0.562$0.501
Windows SQL Web$0.811$0.697$0.636
Linux SQL Std$1.268$1.154$1.093
RHEL SQL Std$1.383––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.523––
Windows SQL Std$1.636$1.522$1.461
Linux SQL Ent$3.308$3.194$3.133
RHEL SQL Ent$3.423––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.563––
Windows SQL Ent$3.676$3.562$3.501

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput100 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,200
EBS max IOPS13,300
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5a.2xlarge
Familyc5a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
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.