r5ad.24xlargevsr5d.24xlarge

r5ad.24xlarge is 9% cheaper than r5d.24xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $455.52 a month.

At a glancer5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlarge
On-demand$6.288/hr9% less$6.912/hr
Lowest rate$1.477/hr25% lessSpot, can be interrupted$1.977/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB96 vCPUs, 768 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.

Optionr5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlarger5d.24xlarge vs r5ad.24xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$1.47771% off$1.977▲ 34%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$3.96137% off$4.355▲ 10%
3-yr reservedNo upfront57% off$2.71657% off$2.986▲ 10%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$4.57527% off$5.017▲ 10%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment48% off$3.23949% off$3.559▲ 10%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5ad.24xlarge leads
On-demand price$6.288 vs $6.912 per hour
9% cheaper
Where r5d.24xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
41% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps vs 13,570 Mbps
40% higher
Network baseline25 Gbps vs 20 Gbps
25% higher

Specs

17 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute6 of 11 differr5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlarge
vCPUs9696
Physical cores4848
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–337
MemoryAll 1 matchr5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlarge
Memory (GiB)768768
Networking3 of 8 differr5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlarge
Network20 Gigabit25 Gigabit
Network baseline20 Gbps25 Gbps
Network peak20 Gbps25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1515
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Storage7 of 12 differr5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlarge
Storage4 x 900 NVMe SSD4 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 900 GB SSD4 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps12000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth13,570 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth13,570 Mbps19,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,696.25 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,696.25 MB/s2,375 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,00080,000
EBS max IOPS60,00080,000
Max EBS volumes2323
Instance details1 of 10 differr5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlarge
Familyr5adr5d
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192192
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 r5ad.24xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5ad.24xlarger5d.24xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$3.986$7.248▲ 82%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$6.288$6.912▲ 10%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$6.912$7.584▲ 10%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$7.008$7.68▲ 10%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$7.104$7.776▲ 9%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$7.344$8.112▲ 10%
EU (London)eu-west-2$7.392$8.112▲ 10%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$7.584$8.304▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$7.632$8.352▲ 9%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$9.984$10.944▲ 10%

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