c5ad.16xlarge

c5ad.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.752 per hour on demand ($2,008.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.734 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5734 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$2.752$0.5734$1.734$1.189$1.991$1.332
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.752$0.8076$1.734$1.189$1.991$1.332
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.752$1.077$1.734$1.189$1.991$1.332
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$3.136$1.353$1.976$1.355$2.483$1.744
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.20$1.354$2.016$1.382$2.544$1.832
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$3.232$0.945$2.036$1.396$2.488$1.655
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$3.296$0.5927$2.076$1.424$2.609$1.84
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$3.456$0.4978$2.177$1.493$2.747$1.926
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.616$1.182$2.278$1.562$2.658$1.863
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$3.744$0.8431$2.359$1.617$2.964$2.082
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$4.288$0.5935$2.701$1.852$3.507$2.302
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$2.752$1.734$1.189
Ubuntu Pro$2.864––
SUSE$2.877$1.794$1.243
RHEL$3.443$2.425$1.88
Linux SQL Web$3.834$2.815$2.27
RHEL HA$4.339$3.321$2.776
RHEL SQL Web$4.525––
Windows$5.696$4.678$4.133
Windows SQL Web$6.778$5.759$5.214
Linux SQL Std$10.432$9.414$8.869
RHEL SQL Std$11.123––
RHEL HA SQL Std$12.019––
Windows SQL Std$13.376$12.358$11.813
Linux SQL Ent$26.752$25.734$25.189
RHEL SQL Ent$27.443––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$28.339––
Windows SQL Ent$29.696$28.678$28.133

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
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)128
NetworkingValue
Network20 Gbps
Network baseline20 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
Storage2 x 1200 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,200 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput6300 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,300 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,300 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput787.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput787.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS26,700
EBS max IOPS26,700
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5ad.16xlarge
Familyc5ad
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
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.