m5ad.16xlarge

m5ad.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.296 per hour on demand ($2,406.08 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.076 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.9146 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $2.147 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$2.147$0.7784$1.353$0.928$1.588$1.073
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$3.296$0.9146$2.076$1.424$2.423$1.662
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.296$0.7045$2.076$1.424$2.423$1.662
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.296$1.129$2.076$1.424$2.423$1.662
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$3.68$1.36$2.318$1.59$2.714$1.83
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$3.68$1.521$2.318$1.59$2.968$2.098
EU (London) eu-west-2$3.84$1.284$2.419$1.659$3.091$2.225
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$3.872$1.044$2.439$1.673$3.121$2.203
US West (N. California) us-west-1$3.904$0.9312$2.46$1.687$3.328$2.253
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$4.00$1.566$2.52$1.728$3.267$2.406
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$4.064$1.052$2.532$1.756$2.912$2.132
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$4.128$1.219$2.601$1.783$3.064$2.082
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$4.16$0.6001$2.621$1.797$3.291$2.335
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$4.192–$2.641$1.811$3.294$2.177
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$4.288$0.9058$2.701$1.852$3.432$2.50
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$5.28$0.5797$3.206$2.281$3.687$2.764
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$3.296$2.076$1.424
Ubuntu Pro$3.408––
SUSE$3.421$2.136$1.478
RHEL$3.987$2.768$2.115
Linux SQL Web$4.378$3.158$2.505
RHEL HA$4.883$3.664$3.011
RHEL SQL Web$5.069––
Windows$6.24$5.02$4.368
Windows SQL Web$7.322$6.102$5.449
Linux SQL Std$10.976$9.756$9.104
RHEL SQL Std$11.667––
RHEL HA SQL Std$12.563––
Windows SQL Std$13.92$12.70$12.048
Linux SQL Ent$27.296$26.076$25.424
RHEL SQL Ent$27.987––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$28.883––
Windows SQL Ent$30.24$29.02$28.368

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
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)256
NetworkingValue
Network12 Gbps
Network baseline12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
Storage4 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks4 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput7000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes23
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5ad.16xlarge
Familym5ad
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
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.