r5.16xlargevsr5a.16xlarge

r5a.16xlarge is 10% cheaper than r5.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $303.68 a month.

At a glancer5.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
On-demand$4.032/hr$3.616/hr10% less
Lowest rate$0.4179/hr62% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.092/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB64 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175AMD 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.

Optionr5.16xlarger5a.16xlarger5a.16xlarge vs r5.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$4.032$3.616▼ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted90% off$0.417970% off$1.092▲ 161%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$2.5437% off$2.278▼ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$1.74257% off$1.562▼ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$2.92127% off$2.627▼ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$2.10348% off$1.886▼ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5.16xlarge leads
Network baseline20 Gbps vs 12 Gbps
67% higher
EBS baseline IOPS60,000 vs 40,000
50% higher
Clock speed3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
24% higher
Where r5a.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$3.616 vs $4.032 per hour
10% cheaper

Specs

17 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differr5.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
vCPUs6464
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8175AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerIntelAMD
Clock speed3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU256–
MemoryAll 1 matchr5.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking3 of 8 differr5.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
Network20 Gigabit12 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 11 differr5.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput13600 Mbps7000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,600 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,600 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,700 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,700 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00040,000
EBS max IOPS60,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details1 of 10 differr5.16xlarger5a.16xlarge
Familyr5r5a
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory 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 r5.16xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5.16xlarger5a.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$4.032$3.616▼ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$4.032$3.616▼ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$4.032$3.616▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$4.16$2.288▼ 45%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$4.416$3.968▼ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$4.48$4.032▼ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$4.512$4.064▼ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$4.736$4.256▼ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$4.736$4.256▼ 10%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$4.736$4.256▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$4.832$4.352▼ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$4.832$4.352▼ 10%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$4.832$4.352▼ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$4.864$4.352▼ 11%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$4.864$4.352▼ 11%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$4.864$4.384▼ 10%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$4.864$4.384▼ 10%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$6.432$5.792▼ 10%

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