r5a.xlarge

r5a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.226 per hour on demand ($164.98 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.142 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.076 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.143 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$0.143$0.0587$0.09$0.062$0.103$0.074
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.226$0.076$0.142$0.098$0.164$0.118
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.226$0.0754$0.142$0.098$0.164$0.118
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.226$0.0909$0.142$0.098$0.164$0.118
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.248$0.1075$0.156$0.107$0.18$0.141
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.252$0.1016$0.159$0.109$0.183$0.132
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.254$0.1222$0.16$0.11$0.185$0.132
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.266$0.0854$0.168$0.115$0.192$0.138
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.266$0.1035$0.168$0.115$0.193$0.151
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.266$0.1026$0.168$0.115$0.193$0.14
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.272$0.09$0.171$0.118$0.197$0.155
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.272$0.1202$0.171$0.118$0.197$0.142
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.272$0.1136$0.171$0.118$0.198$0.143
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.272–$0.171$0.118$0.197$0.142
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.272–$0.171$0.118$0.198$0.143
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.274$0.1029$0.172$0.118$0.198$0.156
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.274$0.1329$0.172$0.118$0.198$0.143
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.362$0.059$0.228$0.156$0.263$0.206
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$0.226$0.142$0.098
Ubuntu Pro$0.233––
SUSE$0.282$0.192$0.143
RHEL$0.284$0.2$0.155
Linux SQL Web$0.294$0.21$0.165
RHEL SQL Web$0.351––
RHEL HA$0.354$0.27$0.225
Windows$0.41$0.326$0.282
Windows SQL Web$0.478$0.394$0.349
Linux SQL Std$0.706$0.622$0.578
RHEL SQL Std$0.764––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.834––
Windows SQL Std$0.89$0.806$0.762
Linux SQL Ent$1.726$1.642$1.598
RHEL SQL Ent$1.784––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.854––
Windows SQL Ent$1.91$1.826$1.782

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)32
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
StorageEBS only
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 volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5a.xlarge
Familyr5a
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.