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c5ad.24xlarge is 10% cheaper than c5d.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $350.40 a month.

At a glancec5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlarge
On-demand$4.128/hr10% less$4.608/hr
Lowest rate$0.9104/hr7% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.9789/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Platinum 8275L
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlargec5d.24xlarge vs c5ad.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.128$4.608▲ 12%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.910479% off$0.9789▲ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.60137% off$2.903▲ 12%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.78358% off$1.935▲ 9%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.98627% off$3.342▲ 12%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.99752% off$2.225▲ 11%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5ad.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.128 vs $4.608 per hour
10% cheaper
Max EBS volumes25 vs 23
9% higher
Where c5d.24xlarge leads
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps vs 9,500 Mbps
2× higher
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
25% higher
Sustained clock3.6 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
9% higher

Specs

20 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differc5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Platinum 8275L
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speed3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Deep Learning Boost; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU–375
MemoryAll 1 matchc5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking3 of 8 differc5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlarge
Network20 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage10 of 12 differc5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlarge
Storage2 x 1900 NVMe SSD4 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 1,900 GB SSD4 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput9500 Mbps14000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00080,000
EBS max IOPS40,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2523
Instance details1 of 10 differc5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlarge
Familyc5adc5d
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5ad.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5ad.24xlargec5d.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.128$4.608▲ 12%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.128$4.608▲ 12%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.128$4.608▲ 12%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.704$5.232▲ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.80$5.328▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.848$5.376▲ 11%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.944$5.472▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.424$6.048▲ 12%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$5.616$6.24▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.432$7.152▲ 11%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.