m5ad.8xlarge

m5ad.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.648 per hour on demand ($1,203.04 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.038 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4844 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.074 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$1.074$0.5038$0.676$0.464$0.794$0.536
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.648$0.4844$1.038$0.712$1.211$0.831
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.648$0.3937$1.038$0.712$1.211$0.831
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.648$0.5656$1.038$0.712$1.211$0.831
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$1.84$0.5978$1.159$0.795$1.357$0.915
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.84$0.8604$1.159$0.795$1.484$1.049
EU (London) eu-west-2$1.92$0.5779$1.21$0.829$1.545$1.112
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$1.936$0.5887$1.22$0.836$1.561$1.102
US West (N. California) us-west-1$1.952$0.6723$1.23$0.843$1.664$1.126
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.00$0.8239$1.26$0.864$1.633$1.203
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$2.032$0.7339$1.266$0.878$1.456$1.066
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.064$0.8723$1.30$0.892$1.532$1.041
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.08$0.7058$1.31$0.899$1.645$1.167
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$2.096–$1.32$0.905$1.647$1.089
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.144$0.8656$1.351$0.926$1.716$1.25
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.64$0.3619$1.603$1.14$1.844$1.382
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$1.648$1.038$0.712
Ubuntu Pro$1.704––
SUSE$1.773$1.098$0.766
RHEL$1.994$1.384$1.058
Linux SQL Web$2.189$1.579$1.253
RHEL HA$2.442$1.832$1.506
RHEL SQL Web$2.534––
Windows$3.12$2.51$2.184
Windows SQL Web$3.661$3.051$2.725
Linux SQL Std$5.488$4.878$4.552
RHEL SQL Std$5.834––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.282––
Windows SQL Std$6.96$6.35$6.024
Linux SQL Ent$13.648$13.038$12.712
RHEL SQL Ent$13.994––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.442––
Windows SQL Ent$15.12$14.51$14.184

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
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)128
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline7.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,000
EBS max IOPS20,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5ad.8xlarge
Familym5ad
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
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.