m5a.xlarge
m5a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.172 per hour on demand ($125.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.108 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0672 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.111 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 | $0.111 | $0.0596 | $0.07 | $0.048 | $0.082 | $0.056 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.172 | $0.0672 | $0.108 | $0.074 | $0.126 | $0.087 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.172 | $0.0468 | $0.108 | $0.074 | $0.126 | $0.087 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.172 | $0.0774 | $0.108 | $0.074 | $0.126 | $0.087 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.192 | $0.0801 | $0.121 | $0.083 | $0.14 | $0.097 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.192 | $0.1105 | $0.121 | $0.083 | $0.156 | $0.109 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.2 | $0.0815 | $0.126 | $0.086 | $0.161 | $0.116 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.202 | $0.0701 | $0.127 | $0.087 | $0.163 | $0.115 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.202 | $0.099 | $0.127 | $0.087 | $0.163 | $0.115 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.202 | $0.0937 | $0.127 | $0.087 | $0.174 | $0.118 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.208 | $0.1159 | $0.131 | $0.09 | $0.17 | $0.125 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.212 | $0.0777 | $0.132 | $0.092 | $0.152 | $0.111 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.216 | $0.1121 | $0.136 | $0.093 | $0.161 | $0.11 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.216 | $0.1081 | $0.136 | $0.093 | $0.172 | $0.123 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.218 | – | $0.137 | $0.094 | $0.172 | $0.114 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.218 | – | $0.137 | $0.094 | $0.172 | $0.114 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.224 | $0.1042 | $0.141 | $0.097 | $0.179 | $0.13 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.276 | $0.0733 | $0.163 | $0.119 | $0.187 | $0.144 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.172 | $0.108 | $0.074 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.179 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.228 | $0.158 | $0.119 |
| RHEL | $0.23 | $0.166 | $0.132 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.24 | $0.176 | $0.142 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.297 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.3 | $0.236 | $0.202 |
| Windows | $0.356 | $0.292 | $0.258 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.424 | $0.36 | $0.326 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.652 | $0.588 | $0.554 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.71 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.78 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.836 | $0.772 | $0.738 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $1.672 | $1.608 | $1.574 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $1.73 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $1.80 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $1.856 | $1.792 | $1.758 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| 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) | 16 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 1.25 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 15 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 2120 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 1,085 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 2,880 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 135.625 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 360 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 6,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 16,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m5a.xlarge |
| Family | m5a |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 8 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other m5a sizes
| 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.