c5ad.12xlarge

c5ad.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 96 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.064 per hour on demand ($1,506.72 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.30 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.6838 per hour. It is sold in 11 regions.

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
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.064$0.6838$1.30$0.892$1.493$0.999
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.064$0.7748$1.30$0.892$1.493$0.999
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.064$0.7825$1.30$0.892$1.493$0.999
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.352$1.068$1.482$1.016$1.862$1.308
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.40$0.9301$1.512$1.037$1.908$1.374
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.424$0.7913$1.527$1.047$1.866$1.241
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$2.472$0.5052$1.557$1.068$1.957$1.38
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$2.592$0.4233$1.633$1.12$2.06$1.444
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.712$0.8928$1.709$1.172$1.993$1.397
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$2.808$0.6649$1.769$1.213$2.223$1.562
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.216$0.4467$2.026$1.389$2.631$1.726
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$2.064$1.30$0.892
Ubuntu Pro$2.148––
SUSE$2.189$1.36$0.946
RHEL$2.582$1.819$1.41
Linux SQL Web$2.875$2.112$1.703
RHEL HA$3.254$2.491$2.082
RHEL SQL Web$3.394––
Windows$4.272$3.508$3.10
Windows SQL Web$5.083$4.32$3.911
Linux SQL Std$7.824$7.06$6.652
RHEL SQL Std$8.342––
RHEL HA SQL Std$9.014––
Windows SQL Std$10.032$9.268$8.86
Linux SQL Ent$20.064$19.30$18.892
RHEL SQL Ent$20.582––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$21.254––
Windows SQL Ent$22.272$21.508$21.10

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
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)96
NetworkingValue
Network12 Gbps
Network baseline12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput4750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,000
EBS max IOPS20,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5ad.12xlarge
Familyc5ad
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other c5ad sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c5ad.large24$0.086
c5ad.xlarge48$0.172
c5ad.2xlarge816$0.344
c5ad.4xlarge1632$0.688
c5ad.8xlarge3264$1.376
c5ad.12xlarge4896$2.064
c5ad.16xlarge64128$2.752
c5ad.24xlarge96192$4.128

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.