r5ad.large

r5ad.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.131 per hour on demand ($95.63 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.083 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0363 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.083 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$0.083$0.0275$0.052$0.036$0.06$0.043
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.131$0.0363$0.083$0.057$0.095$0.067
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.131$0.0306$0.083$0.057$0.095$0.067
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.131$0.0393$0.083$0.057$0.095$0.067
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.144$0.0491$0.091$0.062$0.105$0.08
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.146$0.0526$0.092$0.063$0.108$0.077
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.148$0.0401$0.093$0.064$0.109$0.077
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.153$0.0473$0.096$0.066$0.113$0.081
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.154$0.045$0.097$0.067$0.113$0.087
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.158$0.0405$0.099$0.068$0.114$0.089
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.158$0.0607$0.1$0.068$0.116$0.083
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.158–$0.1$0.068$0.116$0.082
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.159$0.0515$0.1$0.069$0.117$0.091
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.159$0.057$0.1$0.069$0.115$0.082
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.159$0.0531$0.1$0.069$0.116$0.083
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.208$0.0333$0.131$0.09$0.152$0.117
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$0.131$0.083$0.057
Ubuntu Pro$0.135––
RHEL$0.16$0.111$0.085
SUSE$0.187$0.108$0.079
RHEL HA$0.195$0.146$0.12
Linux SQL Web$0.199$0.15$0.124
Windows$0.223$0.175$0.149
RHEL SQL Web$0.227––
Windows SQL Web$0.291$0.242$0.216
Linux SQL Std$0.611$0.563$0.537
RHEL SQL Std$0.64––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.675––
Windows SQL Std$0.703$0.655$0.629

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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)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
Storage1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD
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 volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5ad.large
Familyr5ad
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 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.