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c5ad.24xlarge is 17% cheaper than m5ad.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $595.68 a month.

At a glancec5ad.24xlargem5ad.24xlarge
On-demand$4.128/hr17% less$4.944/hr
Lowest rate$0.9104/hr19% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.118/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 192 GiB96 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7571
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.24xlargem5ad.24xlargem5ad.24xlarge vs c5ad.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.128$4.944▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$0.910477% off$1.118▲ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.60137% off$3.115▲ 20%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.78357% off$2.136▲ 20%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.98626% off$3.634▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$1.99750% off$2.494▲ 25%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5ad.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$4.128 vs $4.944 per hour
17% cheaper
Sustained clock3.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
50% higher
Max EBS volumes25 vs 23
9% higher
Where m5ad.24xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)384 vs 192
2× higher
EBS baseline IOPS60,000 vs 40,000
50% higher

Specs

17 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc5ad.24xlargem5ad.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed3.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differc5ad.24xlargem5ad.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)192384
NetworkingAll 8 matchc5ad.24xlargem5ad.24xlarge
Network20 Gigabit20 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps20 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps20 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage10 of 12 differc5ad.24xlargem5ad.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 Mbps10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps13,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps13,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,718.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,718.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00060,000
EBS max IOPS40,00060,000
Max EBS volumes2523
Instance details2 of 10 differc5ad.24xlargem5ad.24xlarge
Familyc5adm5ad
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
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.24xlargem5ad.24xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.128$4.944▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.128$4.944▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.128$4.944▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.704$5.52▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.80$6.00▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.848$6.192▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$5.424$6.24▲ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.432$7.92▲ 23%

Keep exploring

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