c5ad.8xlargevsr5ad.8xlarge

c5ad.8xlarge is 34% cheaper than r5ad.8xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $525.60 a month.

At a glancec5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge
On-demand$1.376/hr34% less$2.096/hr
Lowest rate$0.57/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.5534/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size32 vCPUs, 64 GiB32 vCPUs, 256 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.8xlarger5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge vs c5ad.8xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$1.376$2.096▲ 52%
SpotCan be interrupted59% off$0.5774% off$0.5534▼ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.86737% off$1.32▲ 52%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.59457% off$0.905▲ 52%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.99527% off$1.525▲ 53%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.66648% off$1.08▲ 62%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5ad.8xlarge leads
On-demand price$1.376 vs $2.096 per hour
34% cheaper
Network baseline10 Gbps vs 7.5 Gbps
33% higher
Clock speed3.3 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
32% higher
Where r5ad.8xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)256 vs 64
4× higher
EBS baseline IOPS20,000 vs 13,300
50% higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge
vCPUs3232
Physical cores1616
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed3.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2AVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differc5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge
Memory (GiB)64256
Networking2 of 8 differc5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge
Network10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline10 Gbps7.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 12 differc5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge
Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD2 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 600 GB SSD2 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput3170 Mbps3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth3,170 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput396.25 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS13,30020,000
EBS max IOPS13,30020,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details2 of 10 differc5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlarge
Familyc5adr5ad
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor6464
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.8xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5ad.8xlarger5ad.8xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$1.376$2.096▲ 52%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$1.376$2.096▲ 52%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$1.376$2.096▲ 52%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$1.568$2.336▲ 49%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.60$2.528▲ 58%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.616$2.544▲ 57%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.808$2.544▲ 41%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$2.144$3.328▲ 55%

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