m5ad.12xlarge

m5ad.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 192 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.472 per hour on demand ($1,804.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.557 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.7167 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.61 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$1.61$0.6116$1.015$0.696$1.191$0.805
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.472$0.7167$1.557$1.068$1.817$1.247
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.472$0.549$1.557$1.068$1.817$1.247
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.472$0.6604$1.557$1.068$1.817$1.247
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.76$0.9621$1.739$1.192$2.036$1.372
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.76$1.199$1.739$1.192$2.226$1.574
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.88$0.8572$1.814$1.244$2.318$1.669
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$2.904$0.7625$1.83$1.255$2.341$1.652
US West (N. California) us-west-1$2.928$0.7785$1.845$1.265$2.496$1.689
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.00$1.095$1.89$1.296$2.45$1.805
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$3.048$0.8666$1.899$1.317$2.184$1.599
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$3.096$0.8498$1.95$1.337$2.298$1.561
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.12$1.144$1.966$1.348$2.468$1.751
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$3.144–$1.981$1.358$2.47$1.633
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.216$0.762$2.026$1.389$2.574$1.875
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.96$0.6327$2.405$1.711$2.765$2.073
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$2.472$1.557$1.068
Ubuntu Pro$2.556––
SUSE$2.597$1.617$1.122
RHEL$2.99$2.076$1.586
Linux SQL Web$3.283$2.369$1.879
RHEL HA$3.662$2.748$2.258
RHEL SQL Web$3.802––
Windows$4.68$3.765$3.276
Windows SQL Web$5.491$4.577$4.087
Linux SQL Std$8.232$7.317$6.828
RHEL SQL Std$8.75––
RHEL HA SQL Std$9.422––
Windows SQL Std$10.44$9.525$9.036
Linux SQL Ent$20.472$19.557$19.068
RHEL SQL Ent$20.99––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$21.662––
Windows SQL Ent$22.68$21.765$21.276

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed2.5 GHz
Sustained clock2.2 GHz
Processor featuresAVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)192
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,780 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,780 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput847.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput847.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,000
EBS max IOPS30,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5ad.12xlarge
Familym5ad
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other m5ad sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m5ad.large28$0.103
m5ad.xlarge416$0.206
m5ad.2xlarge832$0.412
m5ad.4xlarge1664$0.824
m5ad.8xlarge32128$1.648
m5ad.12xlarge48192$2.472
m5ad.16xlarge64256$3.296
m5ad.24xlarge96384$4.944

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