r5ad.2xlarge

r5ad.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 64 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.524 per hour on demand ($382.52 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.33 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1809 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.332 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$0.332$0.1604$0.209$0.144$0.241$0.171
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.524$0.1809$0.33$0.226$0.381$0.27
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.524$0.1938$0.33$0.226$0.381$0.27
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.524$0.2416$0.33$0.226$0.381$0.27
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.576$0.2648$0.363$0.249$0.419$0.319
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.584$0.2548$0.368$0.252$0.43$0.308
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.592$0.1831$0.373$0.256$0.435$0.31
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.612$0.2353$0.386$0.264$0.451$0.325
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.616$0.2176$0.388$0.266$0.451$0.347
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.632$0.1925$0.397$0.273$0.457$0.355
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.632$0.2793$0.398$0.273$0.462$0.333
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.632–$0.398$0.273$0.463$0.33
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.636$0.2377$0.401$0.275$0.467$0.363
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.636$0.2622$0.399$0.275$0.459$0.328
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.636$0.2595$0.401$0.275$0.463$0.333
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.832$0.131$0.524$0.359$0.608$0.47
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$0.524$0.33$0.226
Ubuntu Pro$0.538––
RHEL$0.639$0.445$0.342
SUSE$0.649$0.39$0.28
Linux SQL Web$0.659$0.465$0.362
RHEL SQL Web$0.774––
RHEL HA$0.779$0.585$0.482
Windows$0.892$0.698$0.594
Windows SQL Web$1.027$0.833$0.73
Linux SQL Std$1.484$1.29$1.186
RHEL SQL Std$1.599––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.739––
Windows SQL Std$1.852$1.658$1.554
Linux SQL Ent$3.524$3.33$3.226
RHEL SQL Ent$3.639––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.779––
Windows SQL Ent$3.892$3.698$3.594

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)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
Storage1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 300 GB SSD
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 volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5ad.2xlarge
Familyr5ad
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 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.