m5ad.16xlargevsr5ad.16xlarge

m5ad.16xlarge is 21% cheaper than r5ad.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $654.08 a month.

At a glancem5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge
On-demand$3.296/hr21% less$4.192/hr
Lowest rate$0.9146/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.8968/hr2% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 256 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD 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.

Optionm5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge vs m5ad.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$3.296$4.192▲ 27%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.914679% off$0.8968▼ 2%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.07637% off$2.641▲ 27%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.42457% off$1.811▲ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$2.42327% off$3.05▲ 26%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$1.66248% off$2.16▲ 30%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5ad.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.296 vs $4.192 per hour
21% cheaper
Where r5ad.16xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)512 vs 256
2× higher

Specs

3 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD TurboAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differm5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)256512
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge
Network12 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
StorageAll 12 matchm5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge
Storage4 x 600 NVMe SSD4 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 600 GB SSD4 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput7000 Mbps7000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2323
Instance details2 of 10 differm5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlarge
Familym5adr5ad
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor128128
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.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5ad.16xlarger5ad.16xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.147$2.658▲ 24%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$3.296$4.192▲ 27%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$3.296$4.192▲ 27%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$3.296$4.192▲ 27%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$3.68$4.608▲ 25%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$3.68$4.672▲ 27%
EU (London)eu-west-2$3.84$4.928▲ 28%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$3.872$4.896▲ 26%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$3.904$4.736▲ 21%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.00$5.056▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.064$5.056▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.128$5.088▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.16$5.088▲ 22%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.192$5.056▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.288$5.088▲ 19%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$5.28$6.656▲ 26%

Keep exploring

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m5ad.16xlargeGeneral purpose, m5ad family
m5ad.16xlarge 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.