m5a.4xlarge

m5a.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.688 per hour on demand ($502.24 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.433 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2446 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.444 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.444$0.2174$0.28$0.192$0.328$0.223
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.688$0.2446$0.433$0.297$0.504$0.348
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.688$0.1842$0.433$0.297$0.504$0.348
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.688$0.2867$0.433$0.297$0.504$0.348
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.768$0.2847$0.484$0.332$0.562$0.387
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.768$0.4244$0.484$0.332$0.623$0.438
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.8$0.3158$0.504$0.346$0.644$0.465
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.808$0.2404$0.509$0.349$0.652$0.46
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.808$0.3693$0.509$0.349$0.653$0.461
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.808$0.2737$0.509$0.349$0.697$0.474
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.832$0.421$0.524$0.359$0.681$0.501
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.848$0.2748$0.528$0.366$0.607$0.444
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.864$0.4774$0.544$0.373$0.643$0.439
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.864$0.395$0.544$0.373$0.688$0.491
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.872–$0.549$0.377$0.689$0.457
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.872–$0.549$0.377$0.688$0.458
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.896$0.3549$0.564$0.387$0.717$0.522
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.104$0.1936$0.651$0.477$0.749$0.575
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.688$0.433$0.297
Ubuntu Pro$0.716––
SUSE$0.813$0.493$0.351
RHEL$0.861$0.606$0.47
Linux SQL Web$0.958$0.704$0.568
RHEL HA$1.085$0.83$0.694
RHEL SQL Web$1.131––
Windows$1.424$1.169$1.033
Windows SQL Web$1.694$1.44$1.304
Linux SQL Std$2.608$2.353$2.217
RHEL SQL Std$2.781––
RHEL HA SQL Std$3.005––
Windows SQL Std$3.344$3.089$2.953
Linux SQL Ent$6.688$6.433$6.297
RHEL SQL Ent$6.861––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$7.085––
Windows SQL Ent$7.424$7.169$7.033

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)64
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,880 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput360 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,000
EBS max IOPS16,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5a.4xlarge
Familym5a
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor32
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other m5a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m5a.large28$0.086
m5a.xlarge416$0.172
m5a.2xlarge832$0.344
m5a.4xlarge1664$0.688
m5a.8xlarge32128$1.376
m5a.12xlarge48192$2.064
m5a.16xlarge64256$2.752
m5a.24xlarge96384$4.128

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.