r5a.xlargevsr5ad.xlarge

r5a.xlarge is 14% cheaper than r5ad.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $26.28 a month.

At a glancer5a.xlarger5ad.xlarge
On-demand$0.226/hr14% less$0.262/hr
Lowest rate$0.076/hr19% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0943/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 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.xlarger5ad.xlarger5ad.xlarge vs r5a.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.226$0.262▲ 16%
SpotCan be interrupted66% off$0.07664% off$0.0943▲ 24%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.14237% off$0.165▲ 16%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$0.09857% off$0.113▲ 15%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.16427% off$0.191▲ 16%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$0.11848% off$0.135▲ 14%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5a.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.226 vs $0.262 per hour
14% cheaper
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
14% higher
Max EBS volumes27 vs 26
4% higher
Where r5ad.xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 10 differr5a.xlarger5ad.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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.xlarger5ad.xlarge
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 8 matchr5a.xlarger5ad.xlarge
NetworkUp to 10 GigabitUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage3 of 12 differr5a.xlarger5ad.xlarge
StorageEBS only1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 MbpsUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,085 Mbps1,085 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput135.625 MB/s135.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS16,00016,000
Max EBS volumes2726
Instance details1 of 10 differr5a.xlarger5ad.xlarge
Familyr5ar5ad
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
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.xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5a.xlarger5ad.xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.143$0.166▲ 16%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.226$0.262▲ 16%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.226$0.262▲ 16%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.226$0.262▲ 16%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.248$0.288▲ 16%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.252$0.296▲ 17%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.254$0.292▲ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.266$0.308▲ 16%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.266$0.306▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.272$0.316▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.272$0.318▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.272$0.318▲ 17%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.272$0.316▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.274$0.318▲ 16%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.274$0.316▲ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.362$0.416▲ 15%

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