c5ad.xlarge

c5ad.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R32). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.172 per hour on demand ($125.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.108 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0577 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$0.172$0.0577$0.108$0.074$0.124$0.083
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.172$0.0516$0.108$0.074$0.124$0.083
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.172$0.0664$0.108$0.074$0.124$0.083
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.196$0.0917$0.123$0.085$0.155$0.109
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2$0.1044$0.126$0.086$0.159$0.114
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.202$0.0884$0.127$0.087$0.155$0.103
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.206$0.0662$0.13$0.089$0.163$0.115
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.216$0.0522$0.136$0.093$0.172$0.12
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.226$0.0957$0.142$0.098$0.166$0.116
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.234$0.0978$0.147$0.101$0.185$0.13
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.268$0.0637$0.169$0.116$0.219$0.144
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$0.172$0.108$0.074
Ubuntu Pro$0.179––
SUSE$0.228$0.158$0.119
RHEL$0.23$0.166$0.132
Linux SQL Web$0.24$0.176$0.142
RHEL SQL Web$0.297––
RHEL HA$0.3$0.236$0.202
Windows$0.356$0.292$0.258
Windows SQL Web$0.424$0.36$0.326
Linux SQL Std$0.652$0.588$0.554
RHEL SQL Std$0.71––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.78––
Windows SQL Std$0.836$0.772$0.738
Linux SQL Ent$1.672$1.608$1.574
RHEL SQL Ent$1.73––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.80––
Windows SQL Ent$1.856$1.792$1.758

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth400 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput50 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS1,600
EBS max IOPS13,300
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec5ad.xlarge
Familyc5ad
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.