c5a.xlarge
c5a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.154 per hour on demand ($112.42 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.097 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0636 per hour. It is sold in 22 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.094 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 | $0.094 | $0.056 | $0.059 | $0.041 | $0.073 | $0.049 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.154 | $0.0636 | $0.097 | $0.067 | $0.112 | $0.074 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.154 | $0.0486 | $0.097 | $0.067 | $0.112 | $0.074 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.154 | $0.0624 | $0.097 | $0.067 | $0.112 | $0.074 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.164 | $0.0293 | $0.103 | $0.071 | $0.13 | $0.09 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.168 | $0.0804 | $0.106 | $0.073 | $0.129 | $0.08 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.172 | $0.056 | $0.108 | $0.074 | $0.134 | $0.097 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.172 | $0.0837 | $0.108 | $0.074 | $0.136 | $0.095 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.174 | $0.0865 | $0.11 | $0.075 | $0.138 | $0.099 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.176 | $0.0859 | $0.111 | $0.076 | $0.136 | $0.091 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.182 | $0.0565 | $0.115 | $0.079 | $0.144 | $0.1 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.182 | $0.0826 | $0.115 | $0.079 | $0.144 | $0.1 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.182 | $0.077 | $0.115 | $0.079 | $0.144 | $0.101 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.184 | – | $0.116 | $0.079 | $0.134 | $0.084 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.184 | – | $0.116 | $0.079 | $0.134 | $0.084 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.19 | $0.0477 | $0.12 | $0.082 | $0.151 | $0.105 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.19 | $0.072 | $0.12 | $0.082 | $0.149 | $0.101 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.192 | $0.0839 | $0.121 | $0.083 | $0.158 | $0.114 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.194 | $0.0685 | $0.122 | $0.084 | $0.151 | $0.101 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.2 | $0.0908 | $0.126 | $0.086 | $0.146 | $0.103 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.206 | $0.096 | $0.13 | $0.089 | $0.163 | $0.113 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.236 | $0.0578 | $0.149 | $0.102 | $0.193 | $0.127 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.154 | $0.097 | $0.067 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.161 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.21 | $0.147 | $0.112 |
| RHEL | $0.212 | $0.155 | $0.124 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.222 | $0.165 | $0.134 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.279 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.282 | $0.225 | $0.194 |
| Windows | $0.338 | $0.281 | $0.251 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.406 | $0.349 | $0.318 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.634 | $0.577 | $0.547 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.692 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.762 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.818 | $0.761 | $0.731 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $1.654 | $1.597 | $1.567 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $1.712 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $1.782 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $1.838 | $1.781 | $1.751 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| 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) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 1.25 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 15 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 3170 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 400 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 3,170 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 50 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 396.25 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 1,600 |
| EBS max IOPS | 13,300 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c5a.xlarge |
| Family | c5a |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 8 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| 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.