c5ad family
The c5ad family has 8 sizes on AWS EC2, from 2 to 96 vCPUs and 4 to 192 GiB of memory. In US East (N. Virginia), on-demand prices run $0.086 to $4.128 per hour for Linux. It is sold in 11 regions and listed as compute optimized.
Sizes and prices in US East (N. Virginia)
| Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | Spot /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c5ad.large | 2 | 4 | $0.086 | $0.031 | $0.054 |
| c5ad.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.172 | $0.0577 | $0.108 |
| c5ad.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.344 | $0.149 | $0.217 |
| c5ad.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.688 | $0.2639 | $0.433 |
| c5ad.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.376 | $0.57 | $0.867 |
| c5ad.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $2.064 | $0.6838 | $1.30 |
| c5ad.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.752 | $0.5734 | $1.734 |
| c5ad.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.128 | $0.9104 | $2.601 |
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Prices in USD per hour for Linux; reserved prices are 1 year, no upfront. Updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instance types.