c5a.4xlarge

c5a.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.616 per hour on demand ($449.68 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.388 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2238 per hour. It is sold in 22 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.376 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$0.376$0.1967$0.237$0.162$0.293$0.196
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.616$0.2238$0.388$0.266$0.448$0.297
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.616$0.2137$0.388$0.266$0.448$0.297
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.616$0.2307$0.388$0.266$0.448$0.297
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.656$0.0907$0.413$0.283$0.521$0.36
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.672$0.2531$0.423$0.29$0.517$0.322
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.688$0.2009$0.433$0.297$0.536$0.386
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.688$0.3701$0.433$0.297$0.543$0.379
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.696$0.2924$0.438$0.301$0.551$0.396
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.704$0.3295$0.444$0.304$0.545$0.364
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.728$0.2126$0.459$0.314$0.575$0.401
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.728$0.2752$0.459$0.314$0.576$0.399
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.728$0.2921$0.459$0.314$0.574$0.405
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.736–$0.464$0.318$0.536$0.336
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.736–$0.464$0.318$0.536$0.336
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.76$0.1756$0.479$0.328$0.604$0.419
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.76$0.274$0.479$0.328$0.596$0.404
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.768$0.3552$0.484$0.332$0.634$0.456
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.776$0.4051$0.489$0.335$0.603$0.402
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.8$0.4014$0.504$0.346$0.585$0.412
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.824$0.4217$0.519$0.356$0.652$0.453
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.944$0.1439$0.595$0.408$0.773$0.507
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$0.616$0.388$0.266
Ubuntu Pro$0.644––
SUSE$0.741$0.448$0.32
RHEL$0.789$0.561$0.439
Linux SQL Web$0.886$0.658$0.537
RHEL HA$1.013$0.785$0.663
RHEL SQL Web$1.059––
Windows$1.352$1.124$1.002
Windows SQL Web$1.622$1.394$1.273
Linux SQL Std$2.536$2.308$2.186
RHEL SQL Std$2.709––
RHEL HA SQL Std$2.933––
Windows SQL Std$3.272$3.044$2.922
Linux SQL Ent$6.616$6.388$6.266
RHEL SQL Ent$6.789––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$7.013––
Windows SQL Ent$7.352$7.124$7.002

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,580 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput197.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,600
EBS max IOPS13,300
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5a.4xlarge
Familyc5a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor32
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.