c5ad.2xlarge

c5ad.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.344 per hour on demand ($251.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.217 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.149 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$0.344$0.149$0.217$0.149$0.249$0.166
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.344$0.1351$0.217$0.149$0.249$0.166
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.344$0.1387$0.217$0.149$0.249$0.166
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.392$0.2021$0.247$0.169$0.31$0.218
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.4$0.2033$0.252$0.173$0.318$0.229
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.404$0.1979$0.255$0.175$0.311$0.207
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.412$0.1384$0.26$0.178$0.326$0.23
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.432$0.1013$0.272$0.187$0.343$0.241
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.452$0.1998$0.285$0.195$0.332$0.233
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.468$0.1768$0.295$0.202$0.371$0.26
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.536$0.1297$0.338$0.232$0.438$0.288
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$0.344$0.217$0.149
Ubuntu Pro$0.358––
RHEL$0.459$0.332$0.264
SUSE$0.469$0.277$0.203
Linux SQL Web$0.479$0.352$0.284
RHEL SQL Web$0.594––
RHEL HA$0.599$0.472$0.404
Windows$0.712$0.585$0.517
Windows SQL Web$0.847$0.72$0.652
Linux SQL Std$1.304$1.177$1.109
RHEL SQL Std$1.419––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.559––
Windows SQL Std$1.672$1.545$1.477
Linux SQL Ent$3.344$3.217$3.149
RHEL SQL Ent$3.459––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.599––
Windows SQL Ent$3.712$3.585$3.517

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth800 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput100 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,200
EBS max IOPS13,300
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5ad.2xlarge
Familyc5ad
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
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.