r5ad.12xlarge

r5ad.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.144 per hour on demand ($2,295.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.981 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.7813 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.993 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$1.993$0.6882$1.256$0.861$1.444$1.027
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$3.144$0.7813$1.981$1.358$2.288$1.62
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$3.144$0.8345$1.981$1.358$2.288$1.62
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$3.144$1.399$1.981$1.358$2.288$1.62
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$3.456$1.013$2.177$1.493$2.516$1.916
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$3.504$1.189$2.208$1.514$2.583$1.847
US West (N. California) us-west-1$3.552$0.9201$2.238$1.534$2.61$1.858
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$3.672$0.817$2.313$1.586$2.703$1.953
EU (London) eu-west-2$3.696$1.086$2.328$1.597$2.703$2.082
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$3.792$1.093$2.382$1.638$2.74$2.132
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$3.792$1.321$2.389$1.638$2.773$1.998
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$3.792–$2.389$1.638$2.779$1.978
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.816$0.7607$2.404$1.649$2.802$2.177
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$3.816$1.398$2.392$1.649$2.753$1.966
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.816$1.526$2.404$1.649$2.779$1.998
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$4.992$0.6003$3.145$2.157$3.648$2.819
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$3.144$1.981$1.358
Ubuntu Pro$3.228––
SUSE$3.269$2.041$1.412
RHEL$3.662$2.499$1.877
Linux SQL Web$3.955$2.792$2.169
RHEL HA$4.334$3.171$2.549
RHEL SQL Web$4.474––
Windows$5.352$4.189$3.566
Windows SQL Web$6.163$5.00$4.377
Linux SQL Std$8.904$7.741$7.118
RHEL SQL Std$9.422––
RHEL HA SQL Std$10.094––
Windows SQL Std$11.112$9.949$9.326
Linux SQL Ent$21.144$19.981$19.358
RHEL SQL Ent$21.662––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$22.334––
Windows SQL Ent$23.352$22.189$21.566

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
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)384
NetworkingValue
Network10 Gbps
Network baseline10 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 900 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 900 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput5000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth6,780 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth6,780 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput847.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput847.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS30,000
EBS max IOPS30,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5ad.12xlarge
Familyr5ad
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other r5ad sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
r5ad.large216$0.131
r5ad.xlarge432$0.262
r5ad.2xlarge864$0.524
r5ad.4xlarge16128$1.048
r5ad.8xlarge32256$2.096
r5ad.12xlarge48384$3.144
r5ad.16xlarge64512$4.192
r5ad.24xlarge96768$6.288

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