m5ad.4xlarge

m5ad.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.824 per hour on demand ($601.52 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.519 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3684 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.537 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$0.537$0.2473$0.338$0.232$0.397$0.268
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.824$0.3684$0.519$0.356$0.606$0.416
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.824$0.3001$0.519$0.356$0.606$0.416
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.824$0.3128$0.519$0.356$0.606$0.416
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.92$0.3548$0.58$0.397$0.679$0.457
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.92$0.474$0.58$0.397$0.742$0.525
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.96$0.3124$0.605$0.415$0.773$0.556
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.968$0.3516$0.61$0.418$0.78$0.551
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.976$0.3564$0.615$0.422$0.832$0.563
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.00$0.4221$0.63$0.432$0.817$0.602
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$1.016$0.4042$0.633$0.439$0.728$0.533
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.032$0.542$0.65$0.446$0.766$0.52
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.04$0.4381$0.655$0.449$0.823$0.584
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.048–$0.66$0.453$0.823$0.544
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.072$0.3817$0.675$0.463$0.858$0.625
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.32$0.1793$0.802$0.57$0.922$0.691
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$0.824$0.519$0.356
Ubuntu Pro$0.852––
SUSE$0.949$0.579$0.41
RHEL$0.997$0.692$0.529
Linux SQL Web$1.094$0.79$0.626
RHEL HA$1.221$0.916$0.753
RHEL SQL Web$1.267––
Windows$1.56$1.255$1.092
Windows SQL Web$1.83$1.526$1.362
Linux SQL Std$2.744$2.439$2.276
RHEL SQL Std$2.917––
RHEL HA SQL Std$3.141––
Windows SQL Std$3.48$3.175$3.012
Linux SQL Ent$6.824$6.519$6.356
RHEL SQL Ent$6.997––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$7.221––
Windows SQL Ent$7.56$7.255$7.092

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
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)64
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 300 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,880 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput360 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,000
EBS max IOPS16,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5ad.4xlarge
Familym5ad
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor32
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.