m5ad.12xlargevsm5d.12xlarge

m5ad.12xlarge is 9% cheaper than m5d.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $175.20 a month.

At a glancem5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlarge
On-demand$2.472/hr9% less$2.712/hr
Lowest rate$0.7167/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.7098/hr1% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 192 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
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.

Optionm5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlargem5d.12xlarge vs m5ad.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.472$2.712▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted71% off$0.716774% off$0.7098▼ 1%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.55737% off$1.709▲ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.06857% off$1.172▲ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$1.81727% off$1.986▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$1.24750% off$1.365▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5ad.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.472 vs $2.712 per hour
9% cheaper
Where m5d.12xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
41% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps vs 6,780 Mbps
40% higher
Network baseline12 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
20% higher

Specs

16 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differm5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerAMDIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock2.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU–168
MemoryAll 1 matchm5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)192192
Networking2 of 8 differm5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlarge
Network10 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Network baseline10 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage7 of 12 differm5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlarge
Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSD2 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 900 GB SSD2 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps6000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,780 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,780 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput847.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput847.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,00040,000
EBS max IOPS30,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2525
Instance details1 of 10 differm5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlarge
Familym5adm5d
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
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 m5ad.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5ad.12xlargem5d.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$1.61$2.928▲ 82%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.472$2.712▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.472$2.712▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.472$2.712▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.76$3.024▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.76$3.024▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.88$3.144▲ 9%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.904$3.168▲ 9%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.928$3.192▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.00$3.264▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$3.048$3.336▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$3.096$3.384▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.12$3.408▲ 9%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$3.144$3.432▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$3.216$3.504▲ 9%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.96$4.32▲ 9%

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