m5ad.largevsr5ad.large

m5ad.large is 21% cheaper than r5ad.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $20.44 a month.

At a glancem5ad.larger5ad.large
On-demand$0.103/hr21% less$0.131/hr
Lowest rate$0.0381/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0363/hr5% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 8 GiB2 vCPUs, 16 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.larger5ad.larger5ad.large vs m5ad.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.103$0.131▲ 27%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.038172% off$0.0363▼ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.06537% off$0.083▲ 28%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.04456% off$0.057▲ 30%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment26% off$0.07627% off$0.095▲ 25%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment50% off$0.05249% off$0.067▲ 29%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m5ad.large leads
On-demand price$0.103 vs $0.131 per hour
21% cheaper
Where r5ad.large leads
Memory (GiB)16 vs 8
2× higher

Specs

3 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 10 matchm5ad.larger5ad.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD TurboAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differm5ad.larger5ad.large
Memory (GiB)816
NetworkingAll 8 matchm5ad.larger5ad.large
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.75 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
StorageAll 12 matchm5ad.larger5ad.large
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,6003,600
EBS max IOPS16,00016,000
Max EBS volumes2626
Instance details2 of 10 differm5ad.larger5ad.large
Familym5adr5ad
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m5ad.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionm5ad.larger5ad.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.067$0.083▲ 24%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.103$0.131▲ 27%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.103$0.131▲ 27%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.103$0.131▲ 27%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.115$0.144▲ 25%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.115$0.146▲ 27%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.12$0.154▲ 28%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.121$0.153▲ 26%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.122$0.148▲ 21%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.125$0.158▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.127$0.158▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.129$0.159▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.13$0.159▲ 22%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.131$0.158▲ 21%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.134$0.159▲ 19%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.165$0.208▲ 26%

Keep exploring

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