c5ad.8xlarge

c5ad.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.376 per hour on demand ($1,004.48 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.867 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.57 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$1.376$0.57$0.867$0.594$0.995$0.666
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.376$0.4254$0.867$0.594$0.995$0.666
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.376$0.5441$0.867$0.594$0.995$0.666
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.568$0.7516$0.988$0.677$1.241$0.872
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.60$0.7677$1.008$0.691$1.272$0.916
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.616$0.6589$1.018$0.698$1.244$0.827
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$1.648$0.3553$1.038$0.712$1.305$0.92
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$1.728$0.2813$1.089$0.746$1.374$0.963
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.808$0.7726$1.139$0.781$1.329$0.931
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$1.872$0.553$1.179$0.809$1.482$1.041
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.144$0.3428$1.351$0.926$1.754$1.151
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$1.376$0.867$0.594
Ubuntu Pro$1.432––
SUSE$1.501$0.927$0.648
RHEL$1.722$1.212$0.94
Linux SQL Web$1.917$1.408$1.135
RHEL HA$2.17$1.66$1.388
RHEL SQL Web$2.262––
Windows$2.848$2.339$2.066
Windows SQL Web$3.389$2.88$2.607
Linux SQL Std$5.216$4.707$4.434
RHEL SQL Std$5.562––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.01––
Windows SQL Std$6.688$6.179$5.906
Linux SQL Ent$13.376$12.867$12.594
RHEL SQL Ent$13.722––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.17––
Windows SQL Ent$14.848$14.339$14.066

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
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)64
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS13,300
EBS max IOPS13,300
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5ad.8xlarge
Familyc5ad
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
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.