c5ad.largevsc5d.large

c5ad.large is 10% cheaper than c5d.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $7.30 a month.

At a glancec5ad.largec5d.large
On-demand$0.086/hr10% less$0.096/hr
Lowest rate$0.031/hr6% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0329/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
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.largec5d.largec5d.large vs c5ad.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.086$0.096▲ 12%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$0.03166% off$0.0329▲ 6%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.05438% off$0.06▲ 11%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.03758% off$0.04▲ 8%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.06227% off$0.07▲ 13%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment51% off$0.04252% off$0.046▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5ad.large leads
On-demand price$0.086 vs $0.096 per hour
10% cheaper
Where c5d.large leads
EBS baseline IOPS4,000 vs 800
5× higher
Clock speed3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
3% higher

Specs

17 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differc5ad.largec5d.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speed3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Sustained clock3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU–10
MemoryAll 1 matchc5ad.largec5d.large
Memory (GiB)44
NetworkingAll 8 matchc5ad.largec5d.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage9 of 12 differc5ad.largec5d.large
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD1 x 50 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD1 × 50 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 MbpsUp to 2250 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth200 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8004,000
EBS max IOPS13,30020,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differc5ad.largec5d.large
Familyc5adc5d
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5ad.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5ad.largec5d.largeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.086$0.096▲ 12%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.086$0.096▲ 12%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.086$0.096▲ 12%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.098$0.109▲ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.1$0.111▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.101$0.112▲ 11%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.103$0.114▲ 11%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.108$0.12▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.113$0.126▲ 12%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.117$0.13▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.134$0.149▲ 11%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c5ad.largeCompute optimized, c5ad family
c5ad.large prices and specsEvery size in the c5ad family

Compare c5ad.large with

c5a.largem5ad.larger5ad.large
c5d.largeCompute optimized, c5d family
c5d.large prices and specsEvery size in the c5d family

Compare c5d.large with

c5.largem5d.larger5d.largec6id.large

Pay the committed rate, with commitment protection

The best committed rate on these two is 57–58% below on-demand. Connect your cloud accounts to unlock greater savings with commitment protection.

Connect AWS account

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