r5a.2xlarge

r5a.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.452 per hour on demand ($329.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.285 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.176 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.286 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$0.286$0.1393$0.179$0.124$0.206$0.148
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.452$0.176$0.285$0.195$0.328$0.236
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.452$0.1544$0.285$0.195$0.328$0.236
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.452$0.1776$0.285$0.195$0.328$0.236
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.496$0.1854$0.312$0.214$0.361$0.282
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.504$0.2089$0.318$0.218$0.367$0.264
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.508$0.2515$0.32$0.219$0.369$0.264
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.532$0.1725$0.335$0.23$0.385$0.276
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.532$0.1728$0.335$0.23$0.387$0.302
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.532$0.1771$0.335$0.23$0.387$0.28
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.544$0.1639$0.343$0.235$0.395$0.31
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.544$0.2546$0.343$0.235$0.395$0.284
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.544$0.2339$0.343$0.235$0.396$0.286
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.544–$0.343$0.235$0.394$0.284
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.544–$0.343$0.235$0.395$0.286
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.548$0.2087$0.345$0.237$0.396$0.311
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.548$0.2247$0.345$0.237$0.396$0.286
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.724$0.0947$0.456$0.313$0.525$0.413
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$0.452$0.285$0.195
Ubuntu Pro$0.466––
RHEL$0.567$0.4$0.31
SUSE$0.577$0.345$0.249
Linux SQL Web$0.587$0.42$0.33
RHEL SQL Web$0.702––
RHEL HA$0.707$0.54$0.45
Windows$0.82$0.653$0.563
Windows SQL Web$0.955$0.788$0.698
Linux SQL Std$1.412$1.245$1.155
RHEL SQL Std$1.527––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.667––
Windows SQL Std$1.78$1.613$1.523
Linux SQL Ent$3.452$3.285$3.195
RHEL SQL Ent$3.567––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.707––
Windows SQL Ent$3.82$3.653$3.563

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)64
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
StorageEBS only
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 volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5a.2xlarge
Familyr5a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other r5a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r5a.large216$0.113
r5a.xlarge432$0.226
r5a.2xlarge864$0.452
r5a.4xlarge16128$0.904
r5a.8xlarge32256$1.808
r5a.12xlarge48384$2.712
r5a.16xlarge64512$3.616
r5a.24xlarge96768$5.424

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.