c5a.large
c5a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.077 per hour on demand ($56.21 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.049 per hour, 36% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0271 per hour. It is sold in 22 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.047 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.047 | $0.0225 | $0.03 | $0.02 | $0.037 | $0.024 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.077 | $0.0271 | $0.049 | $0.033 | $0.056 | $0.037 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.077 | $0.0232 | $0.049 | $0.033 | $0.056 | $0.037 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.077 | $0.0258 | $0.049 | $0.033 | $0.056 | $0.037 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.082 | $0.0108 | $0.052 | $0.035 | $0.065 | $0.045 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.084 | $0.0323 | $0.053 | $0.036 | $0.065 | $0.04 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.086 | $0.0213 | $0.054 | $0.037 | $0.067 | $0.048 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.086 | $0.0406 | $0.054 | $0.037 | $0.068 | $0.047 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.087 | $0.0451 | $0.055 | $0.038 | $0.069 | $0.05 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.088 | $0.0403 | $0.055 | $0.038 | $0.068 | $0.046 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.091 | $0.0294 | $0.057 | $0.039 | $0.072 | $0.05 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.091 | $0.0368 | $0.057 | $0.039 | $0.072 | $0.05 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.091 | $0.0349 | $0.057 | $0.039 | $0.072 | $0.051 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.092 | – | $0.058 | $0.04 | $0.067 | $0.042 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.092 | – | $0.058 | $0.04 | $0.067 | $0.042 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.095 | $0.0274 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.076 | $0.052 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.095 | $0.0309 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.075 | $0.05 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.096 | $0.0404 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.079 | $0.057 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.097 | $0.0348 | $0.061 | $0.042 | $0.075 | $0.05 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.1 | $0.0383 | $0.063 | $0.043 | $0.073 | $0.052 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.103 | $0.0385 | $0.065 | $0.044 | $0.082 | $0.057 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.118 | $0.026 | $0.074 | $0.051 | $0.097 | $0.063 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.077 | $0.049 | $0.033 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.081 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.106 | $0.077 | $0.062 |
| SUSE | $0.133 | $0.074 | $0.055 |
| RHEL HA | $0.141 | $0.112 | $0.097 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.145 | $0.116 | $0.101 |
| Windows | $0.169 | $0.141 | $0.125 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.173 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.237 | $0.208 | $0.193 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.557 | $0.529 | $0.513 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.586 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.621 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.649 | $0.621 | $0.605 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC 7R32 |
| CPU maker | AMD |
| Clock speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.3 GHz |
| Processor features | AMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2 |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.75 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 10 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 3170 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 200 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 3,170 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 396.25 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 800 |
| EBS max IOPS | 13,300 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c5a.large |
| Family | c5a |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 4 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c5a.large | 2 | 4 | $0.077 |
| c5a.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.154 |
| c5a.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.308 |
| c5a.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.616 |
| c5a.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.232 |
| c5a.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $1.848 |
| c5a.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.464 |
| c5a.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $3.696 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.