m5ad.xlarge

m5ad.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.206 per hour on demand ($150.38 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.13 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0752 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.134 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$0.134$0.0641$0.085$0.058$0.099$0.067
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.206$0.0752$0.13$0.089$0.151$0.104
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.206$0.0769$0.13$0.089$0.151$0.104
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.206$0.0955$0.13$0.089$0.151$0.104
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.23$0.131$0.145$0.099$0.17$0.114
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.23$0.1183$0.145$0.099$0.185$0.131
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.24$0.0891$0.151$0.104$0.193$0.139
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.242$0.0955$0.152$0.105$0.195$0.138
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.244$0.0952$0.154$0.105$0.208$0.141
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.25$0.12$0.158$0.108$0.204$0.15
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.254$0.0828$0.158$0.11$0.182$0.133
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.258$0.1179$0.163$0.111$0.192$0.13
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.26$0.1103$0.164$0.112$0.206$0.146
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.262–$0.165$0.113$0.206$0.136
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.268$0.1049$0.169$0.116$0.215$0.156
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.33$0.066$0.2$0.143$0.23$0.173
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$0.206$0.13$0.089
Ubuntu Pro$0.213––
SUSE$0.262$0.18$0.134
RHEL$0.264$0.187$0.147
Linux SQL Web$0.274$0.197$0.157
RHEL SQL Web$0.331––
RHEL HA$0.334$0.257$0.217
Windows$0.39$0.314$0.273
Windows SQL Web$0.458$0.381$0.341
Linux SQL Std$0.686$0.61$0.569
RHEL SQL Std$0.744––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.814––
Windows SQL Std$0.87$0.794$0.753
Linux SQL Ent$1.706$1.63$1.589
RHEL SQL Ent$1.764––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.834––
Windows SQL Ent$1.89$1.814$1.773

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline1.25 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,085 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput135.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS16,000
Max EBS volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem5ad.xlarge
Familym5ad
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.