c5a.8xlarge

c5a.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.232 per hour on demand ($899.36 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.776 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4063 per hour. It is sold in 22 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.752 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$0.752$0.3382$0.474$0.325$0.585$0.391
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.232$0.4063$0.776$0.532$0.895$0.595
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.232$0.2385$0.776$0.532$0.895$0.595
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.232$0.4335$0.776$0.532$0.895$0.595
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$1.312$0.1972$0.827$0.567$1.041$0.72
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.344$0.4953$0.847$0.581$1.034$0.643
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.376$0.4659$0.867$0.594$1.072$0.773
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.376$0.7289$0.867$0.594$1.086$0.758
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.392$0.5566$0.877$0.601$1.102$0.792
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.408$0.7359$0.887$0.608$1.09$0.728
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$1.456$0.2573$0.917$0.629$1.15$0.802
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.456$0.5424$0.917$0.629$1.151$0.797
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$1.456$0.3646$0.917$0.629$1.148$0.81
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$1.472–$0.927$0.636$1.073$0.672
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.472–$0.927$0.636$1.073$0.672
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$1.52$0.2732$0.958$0.657$1.208$0.839
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.52$0.5397$0.958$0.657$1.192$0.808
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.536$0.6506$0.968$0.664$1.268$0.912
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$1.552$0.6885$0.978$0.67$1.206$0.805
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.60$0.6522$1.008$0.691$1.169$0.824
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$1.648$0.7033$1.038$0.712$1.305$0.906
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.888$0.1888$1.189$0.816$1.546$1.013
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$1.232$0.776$0.532
Ubuntu Pro$1.288––
SUSE$1.357$0.836$0.586
RHEL$1.578$1.122$0.878
Linux SQL Web$1.773$1.317$1.073
RHEL HA$2.026$1.57$1.326
RHEL SQL Web$2.118––
Windows$2.704$2.248$2.004
Windows SQL Web$3.245$2.789$2.545
Linux SQL Std$5.072$4.616$4.372
RHEL SQL Std$5.418––
RHEL HA SQL Std$5.866––
Windows SQL Std$6.544$6.088$5.844
Linux SQL Ent$13.232$12.776$12.532
RHEL SQL Ent$13.578––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.026––
Windows SQL Ent$14.704$14.248$14.004

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
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)64
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline10 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 throughput3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS13,300
EBS max IOPS13,300
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5a.8xlarge
Familyc5a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
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.