r5ad.8xlarge

r5ad.8xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 32 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.096 per hour on demand ($1,530.08 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.32 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5534 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.329 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$1.329$0.47$0.837$0.574$0.963$0.685
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.096$0.5534$1.32$0.905$1.525$1.08
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.096$0.4943$1.32$0.905$1.525$1.08
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.096$0.9887$1.32$0.905$1.525$1.08
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.304$0.8455$1.452$0.995$1.677$1.277
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.336$1.038$1.472$1.009$1.722$1.231
US West (N. California) us-west-1$2.368$0.6847$1.492$1.023$1.74$1.239
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$2.448$0.786$1.542$1.058$1.802$1.302
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.464$0.7788$1.552$1.064$1.802$1.388
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$2.528$0.8364$1.588$1.092$1.826$1.421
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.528$1.164$1.593$1.092$1.848$1.332
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$2.528–$1.593$1.092$1.853$1.318
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.544$0.831$1.603$1.099$1.868$1.452
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.544$0.9925$1.595$1.099$1.835$1.311
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.544$1.041$1.603$1.099$1.853$1.332
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.328$0.6302$2.097$1.438$2.432$1.879
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$2.096$1.32$0.905
Ubuntu Pro$2.152––
SUSE$2.221$1.38$0.959
RHEL$2.442$1.666$1.251
Linux SQL Web$2.637$1.861$1.446
RHEL HA$2.89$2.114$1.699
RHEL SQL Web$2.982––
Windows$3.568$2.792$2.377
Windows SQL Web$4.109$3.333$2.918
Linux SQL Std$5.936$5.16$4.745
RHEL SQL Std$6.282––
RHEL HA SQL Std$6.73––
Windows SQL Std$7.408$6.632$6.217
Linux SQL Ent$14.096$13.32$12.905
RHEL SQL Ent$14.442––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$14.89––
Windows SQL Ent$15.568$14.792$14.377

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs32
Physical cores16
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)256
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
Network baseline7.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 600 NVMe SSD
Local disks2 × 600 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput3500 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS20,000
EBS max IOPS20,000
Max EBS volumes25
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5ad.8xlarge
Familyr5ad
CategoryMemory optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor64
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.