c5ad.4xlarge

c5ad.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.688 per hour on demand ($502.24 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.433 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2639 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$0.688$0.2639$0.433$0.297$0.498$0.333
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.688$0.2112$0.433$0.297$0.498$0.333
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.688$0.2601$0.433$0.297$0.498$0.333
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.784$0.3725$0.494$0.339$0.621$0.436
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.8$0.3678$0.504$0.346$0.636$0.458
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.808$0.3184$0.509$0.349$0.622$0.414
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.824$0.2269$0.519$0.356$0.652$0.46
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.864$0.1717$0.544$0.373$0.687$0.481
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.904$0.3625$0.57$0.391$0.664$0.466
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.936$0.3531$0.59$0.404$0.741$0.521
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.072$0.1858$0.675$0.463$0.877$0.575
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$0.688$0.433$0.297
Ubuntu Pro$0.716––
SUSE$0.813$0.493$0.351
RHEL$0.861$0.606$0.47
Linux SQL Web$0.958$0.704$0.568
RHEL HA$1.085$0.83$0.694
RHEL SQL Web$1.131––
Windows$1.424$1.169$1.033
Windows SQL Web$1.694$1.44$1.304
Linux SQL Std$2.608$2.353$2.217
RHEL SQL Std$2.781––
RHEL HA SQL Std$3.005––
Windows SQL Std$3.344$3.089$2.953
Linux SQL Ent$6.688$6.433$6.297
RHEL SQL Ent$6.861––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$7.085––
Windows SQL Ent$7.424$7.169$7.033

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,580 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput197.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,600
EBS max IOPS13,300
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5ad.4xlarge
Familyc5ad
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor32
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.