m5a.large
m5a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.086 per hour on demand ($62.78 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.054 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0317 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.056 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.056 | $0.0244 | $0.035 | $0.024 | $0.041 | $0.028 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.086 | $0.0317 | $0.054 | $0.037 | $0.063 | $0.043 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.086 | $0.0305 | $0.054 | $0.037 | $0.063 | $0.043 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.086 | $0.0305 | $0.054 | $0.037 | $0.063 | $0.043 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.096 | $0.04 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.07 | $0.048 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.096 | $0.0532 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.078 | $0.055 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.1 | $0.0391 | $0.063 | $0.043 | $0.08 | $0.058 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.101 | $0.0367 | $0.064 | $0.044 | $0.081 | $0.057 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.101 | $0.0415 | $0.064 | $0.044 | $0.082 | $0.058 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.101 | $0.0422 | $0.064 | $0.044 | $0.087 | $0.059 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.104 | $0.0507 | $0.066 | $0.045 | $0.085 | $0.063 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.106 | $0.0426 | $0.066 | $0.046 | $0.076 | $0.056 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.108 | $0.0519 | $0.068 | $0.047 | $0.08 | $0.055 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.108 | $0.0448 | $0.068 | $0.047 | $0.086 | $0.061 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.109 | – | $0.069 | $0.047 | $0.086 | $0.057 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.109 | – | $0.069 | $0.047 | $0.086 | $0.057 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.112 | $0.0488 | $0.071 | $0.048 | $0.09 | $0.065 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.138 | $0.0295 | $0.081 | $0.06 | $0.094 | $0.072 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.086 | $0.054 | $0.037 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.09 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.115 | $0.083 | $0.066 |
| SUSE | $0.142 | $0.079 | $0.059 |
| RHEL HA | $0.15 | $0.118 | $0.101 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.154 | $0.122 | $0.105 |
| Windows | $0.178 | $0.146 | $0.129 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.182 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.246 | $0.214 | $0.197 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.566 | $0.534 | $0.517 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.595 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.63 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.658 | $0.626 | $0.609 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | AMD EPYC 7571 |
| CPU maker | AMD |
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Processor features | AVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.75 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 10 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 2120 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 650 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 2,880 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 81.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 360 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 3,600 |
| EBS max IOPS | 16,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m5a.large |
| Family | m5a |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 4 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| m5a.large | 2 | 8 | $0.086 |
| m5a.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.172 |
| m5a.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.344 |
| m5a.4xlarge | 16 | 64 | $0.688 |
| m5a.8xlarge | 32 | 128 | $1.376 |
| m5a.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.064 |
| m5a.16xlarge | 64 | 256 | $2.752 |
| m5a.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.128 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.