r5a.2xlargevsr5ad.2xlarge

r5a.2xlarge is 14% cheaper than r5ad.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $52.56 a month.

At a glancer5a.2xlarger5ad.2xlarge
On-demand$0.452/hr14% less$0.524/hr
Lowest rate$0.176/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.1809/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 64 GiB8 vCPUs, 64 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.

Optionr5a.2xlarger5ad.2xlarger5ad.2xlarge vs r5a.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.452$0.524▲ 16%
SpotCan be interrupted61% off$0.17665% off$0.1809▲ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.28537% off$0.33▲ 16%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.19557% off$0.226▲ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.32827% off$0.381▲ 16%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.23648% off$0.27▲ 14%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5a.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.452 vs $0.524 per hour
14% cheaper
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
14% higher
Max EBS volumes27 vs 26
4% higher
Where r5ad.2xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 10 differr5a.2xlarger5ad.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571AMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMDAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD TurboAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchr5a.2xlarger5ad.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)6464
NetworkingAll 8 matchr5a.2xlarger5ad.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
Storage3 of 12 differr5a.2xlarger5ad.2xlarge
StorageEBS only1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,580 Mbps1,580 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput197.5 MB/s197.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,3338,333
EBS max IOPS16,00016,000
Max EBS volumes2726
Instance details1 of 10 differr5a.2xlarger5ad.2xlarge
Familyr5ar5ad
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
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 r5a.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5a.2xlarger5ad.2xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.286$0.332▲ 16%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.452$0.524▲ 16%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.452$0.524▲ 16%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.452$0.524▲ 16%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.496$0.576▲ 16%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.504$0.592▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.508$0.584▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.532$0.616▲ 16%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.532$0.612▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.544$0.632▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.544$0.636▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.544$0.636▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.544$0.632▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.548$0.636▲ 16%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.548$0.632▲ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.724$0.832▲ 15%

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