c5ad.xlargevsc5d.xlarge

c5ad.xlarge is 10% cheaper than c5d.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $14.60 a month.

At a glancec5ad.xlargec5d.xlarge
On-demand$0.172/hr10% less$0.192/hr
Lowest rate$0.0577/hr12% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0652/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 8 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 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.xlargec5d.xlargec5d.xlarge vs c5ad.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.172$0.192▲ 12%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.057766% off$0.0652▲ 13%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.10837% off$0.121▲ 12%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.07458% off$0.081▲ 9%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.12428% off$0.139▲ 12%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.08352% off$0.093▲ 12%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5ad.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.172 vs $0.192 per hour
10% cheaper
Where c5d.xlarge leads
EBS baseline IOPS6,000 vs 1,600
3.8× 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.xlargec5d.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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–20
MemoryAll 1 matchc5ad.xlargec5d.xlarge
Memory (GiB)88
NetworkingAll 8 matchc5ad.xlargec5d.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage9 of 12 differc5ad.xlargec5d.xlarge
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 100 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD1 × 100 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 MbpsUp to 2250 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth400 Mbps1,150 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput50 MB/s143.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS1,6006,000
EBS max IOPS13,30020,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differc5ad.xlargec5d.xlarge
Familyc5adc5d
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc5ad.xlargec5d.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.172$0.192▲ 12%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.172$0.192▲ 12%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.172$0.192▲ 12%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.196$0.218▲ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2$0.222▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.202$0.224▲ 11%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.206$0.228▲ 11%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.216$0.24▲ 11%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.226$0.252▲ 12%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.234$0.26▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.268$0.298▲ 11%

Keep exploring

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

c5ad.xlargeCompute optimized, c5ad family
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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.