m5ad.2xlarge

m5ad.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.412 per hour on demand ($300.76 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.26 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2359 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.268 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$0.268$0.1382$0.169$0.116$0.198$0.134
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.412$0.2359$0.26$0.178$0.303$0.208
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.412$0.1337$0.26$0.178$0.303$0.208
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.412$0.1869$0.26$0.178$0.303$0.208
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.46$0.2104$0.29$0.199$0.339$0.229
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.46$0.2513$0.29$0.199$0.371$0.262
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.48$0.232$0.302$0.207$0.386$0.278
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.484$0.2154$0.305$0.209$0.39$0.275
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.488$0.2047$0.307$0.211$0.416$0.282
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.5$0.2344$0.315$0.216$0.408$0.301
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.508$0.2083$0.316$0.219$0.364$0.266
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.516$0.2753$0.325$0.223$0.383$0.26
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.52$0.2418$0.328$0.225$0.411$0.292
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.524–$0.33$0.226$0.412$0.272
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.536$0.201$0.338$0.232$0.429$0.313
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.66$0.134$0.401$0.285$0.461$0.346
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$0.412$0.26$0.178
Ubuntu Pro$0.426––
RHEL$0.527$0.375$0.293
SUSE$0.537$0.32$0.232
Linux SQL Web$0.547$0.395$0.313
RHEL SQL Web$0.662––
RHEL HA$0.667$0.515$0.433
Windows$0.78$0.628$0.546
Windows SQL Web$0.915$0.763$0.681
Linux SQL Std$1.372$1.22$1.138
RHEL SQL Std$1.487––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.627––
Windows SQL Std$1.74$1.588$1.506
Linux SQL Ent$3.412$3.26$3.178
RHEL SQL Ent$3.527––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.667––
Windows SQL Ent$3.78$3.628$3.546

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,580 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput197.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,333
EBS max IOPS16,000
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5ad.2xlarge
Familym5ad
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
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.