m5ad.2xlargevsm5d.2xlarge

m5ad.2xlarge is 9% cheaper than m5d.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $29.20 a month.

At a glancem5ad.2xlargem5d.2xlarge
On-demand$0.412/hr9% less$0.452/hr
Lowest rate$0.178/hr9% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.195/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size8 vCPUs, 32 GiB8 vCPUs, 32 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.2xlargem5d.2xlargem5d.2xlarge vs m5ad.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.412$0.452▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted43% off$0.235949% off$0.2296▼ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.2637% off$0.285▲ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.17857% off$0.195▲ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.30327% off$0.331▲ 9%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.20850% off$0.227▲ 9%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5ad.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.412 vs $0.452 per hour
9% cheaper
Where m5d.2xlarge leads
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 2,880 Mbps
65% higher
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
41% higher

Specs

13 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differm5ad.2xlargem5d.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
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–37
MemoryAll 1 matchm5ad.2xlargem5d.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5ad.2xlargem5d.2xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage6 of 12 differm5ad.2xlargem5d.2xlarge
Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 300 GB SSD1 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,580 Mbps2,300 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput197.5 MB/s287.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,33312,000
EBS max IOPS16,00018,750
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details1 of 10 differm5ad.2xlargem5d.2xlarge
Familym5adm5d
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5ad.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5ad.2xlargem5d.2xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.268$0.488▲ 82%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.412$0.452▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.412$0.452▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.412$0.452▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.46$0.504▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.46$0.504▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.48$0.524▲ 9%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.484$0.528▲ 9%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.488$0.532▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.5$0.544▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.508$0.556▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.516$0.564▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.52$0.568▲ 9%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.524$0.572▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.536$0.584▲ 9%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.66$0.72▲ 9%

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