c5ad.24xlarge

c5ad.24xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 96 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $4.128 per hour on demand ($3,013.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.601 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.9104 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$4.128$0.9104$2.601$1.783$2.986$1.997
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$4.128$0.8592$2.601$1.783$2.986$1.997
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$4.128$1.472$2.601$1.783$2.986$1.997
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$4.704$1.565$2.964$2.032$3.724$2.616
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.80$1.465$3.024$2.074$3.815$2.748
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$4.848$1.353$3.054$2.094$3.731$2.482
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$4.944$1.048$3.115$2.136$3.914$2.761
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$5.184$0.8753$3.266$2.239$4.121$2.889
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$5.424$1.627$3.417$2.343$3.987$2.794
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$5.616$1.142$3.538$2.426$4.446$3.124
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$6.432$0.6432$4.052$2.779$5.261$3.452
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$4.128$2.601$1.783
SUSE$4.253$2.661$1.837
Ubuntu Pro$4.296––
RHEL$5.165$3.637$2.82
Linux SQL Web$5.75$4.223$3.406
RHEL HA$6.509$4.981$4.164
RHEL SQL Web$6.787––
Windows$8.544$7.017$6.199
Windows SQL Web$10.166$8.639$7.822
Linux SQL Std$15.648$14.121$13.303
RHEL SQL Std$16.685––
RHEL HA SQL Std$18.029––
Windows SQL Std$20.064$18.537$17.719
Linux SQL Ent$40.128$38.601$37.783
RHEL SQL Ent$41.165––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$42.509––
Windows SQL Ent$44.544$43.017$42.199

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs96
Physical cores48
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)192
NetworkingValue
Network20 Gbps
Network baseline20 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput9500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5ad.24xlarge
Familyc5ad
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor192
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.