r5a.large

r5a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.113 per hour on demand ($82.49 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.071 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0337 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.072 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$0.072$0.0272$0.045$0.031$0.052$0.037
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.113$0.0337$0.071$0.049$0.082$0.059
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.113$0.0316$0.071$0.049$0.082$0.059
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.113$0.0365$0.071$0.049$0.082$0.059
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.124$0.0451$0.078$0.054$0.09$0.07
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.126$0.0414$0.079$0.054$0.092$0.066
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.127$0.0542$0.08$0.055$0.092$0.066
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.133$0.0337$0.084$0.057$0.096$0.069
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.133$0.0423$0.084$0.057$0.097$0.076
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.133$0.0464$0.084$0.057$0.097$0.07
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.136$0.0473$0.086$0.059$0.099$0.077
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.136$0.054$0.086$0.059$0.099$0.071
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.136$0.0531$0.086$0.059$0.099$0.072
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.136–$0.086$0.059$0.099$0.071
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.136–$0.086$0.059$0.099$0.071
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.137$0.049$0.086$0.059$0.099$0.078
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.137$0.0576$0.086$0.059$0.099$0.072
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.181$0.0369$0.114$0.078$0.131$0.103
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$0.113$0.071$0.049
Ubuntu Pro$0.117––
RHEL$0.142$0.1$0.078
SUSE$0.169$0.096$0.071
RHEL HA$0.177$0.135$0.113
Linux SQL Web$0.181$0.139$0.116
Windows$0.205$0.163$0.141
RHEL SQL Web$0.209––
Windows SQL Web$0.273$0.231$0.208
Linux SQL Std$0.593$0.551$0.529
RHEL SQL Std$0.622––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.657––
Windows SQL Std$0.685$0.643$0.621

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 2120 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,880 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput360 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS16,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5a.large
Familyr5a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
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.