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c5ad.xlarge is 17% cheaper than m5ad.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $24.82 a month.

At a glancec5ad.xlargem5ad.xlarge
On-demand$0.172/hr17% less$0.206/hr
Lowest rate$0.0577/hr23% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0752/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 8 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargem5ad.xlargem5ad.xlarge vs c5ad.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.172$0.206▲ 20%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.057763% off$0.0752▲ 30%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.10837% off$0.13▲ 20%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.07457% off$0.089▲ 20%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.12427% off$0.151▲ 22%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.08350% off$0.104▲ 25%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5ad.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.172 vs $0.206 per hour
17% cheaper
Sustained clock3.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
50% higher
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps vs 2,880 Mbps
10% higher
Where m5ad.xlarge leads
EBS baseline IOPS6,000 vs 1,600
3.8× higher
Memory (GiB)16 vs 8
2× higher

Specs

15 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 10 differc5ad.xlargem5ad.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlargem5ad.xlarge
Memory (GiB)816
NetworkingAll 8 matchc5ad.xlargem5ad.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
Storage7 of 12 differc5ad.xlargem5ad.xlarge
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 3170 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth400 Mbps1,085 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth3,170 Mbps2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput50 MB/s135.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput396.25 MB/s360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS1,6006,000
EBS max IOPS13,30016,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details3 of 10 differc5ad.xlargem5ad.xlarge
Familyc5adm5ad
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
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.xlargem5ad.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.172$0.206▲ 20%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.172$0.206▲ 20%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.172$0.206▲ 20%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.196$0.23▲ 17%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.2$0.25▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.202$0.258▲ 28%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.226$0.26▲ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.268$0.33▲ 23%

Keep exploring

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

c5ad.xlargeCompute optimized, c5ad family
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m5ad.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5ad family

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