r5ad.xlarge

r5ad.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7571). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.262 per hour on demand ($191.26 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.165 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0943 per hour. It is sold in 16 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.166 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$0.166$0.0705$0.105$0.072$0.12$0.086
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.262$0.0943$0.165$0.113$0.191$0.135
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.262$0.093$0.165$0.113$0.191$0.135
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.262$0.1005$0.165$0.113$0.191$0.135
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.288$0.1065$0.181$0.124$0.21$0.16
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.292$0.1246$0.184$0.126$0.215$0.154
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.296$0.0965$0.186$0.128$0.218$0.155
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.306$0.1039$0.193$0.132$0.225$0.163
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.308$0.1145$0.194$0.133$0.225$0.174
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.316$0.0907$0.199$0.137$0.228$0.178
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.316$0.1521$0.199$0.137$0.231$0.167
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.316–$0.199$0.137$0.232$0.165
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.318$0.1087$0.2$0.137$0.233$0.181
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.318$0.1224$0.199$0.137$0.229$0.164
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.318$0.1324$0.2$0.137$0.232$0.166
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.416$0.0642$0.262$0.18$0.304$0.235
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$0.262$0.165$0.113
Ubuntu Pro$0.269––
SUSE$0.318$0.215$0.158
RHEL$0.32$0.223$0.171
Linux SQL Web$0.33$0.233$0.181
RHEL SQL Web$0.387––
RHEL HA$0.39$0.293$0.241
Windows$0.446$0.349$0.297
Windows SQL Web$0.514$0.417$0.365
Linux SQL Std$0.742$0.645$0.593
RHEL SQL Std$0.8––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.87––
Windows SQL Std$0.926$0.829$0.777
Linux SQL Ent$1.762$1.665$1.613
RHEL SQL Ent$1.82––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.89––
Windows SQL Ent$1.946$1.849$1.797

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)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
Storage1 x 150 NVMe SSD
Local disks1 × 150 GB SSD
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 volumes26
Instance detailsValue
Instance typer5ad.xlarge
Familyr5ad
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 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.