m5ad.2xlarge

Amazon EC2 · M5ad family

The m5ad.2xlarge is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 7571 with up to 10 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.268 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64amd
vCPUs
8

dedicated

memory
32 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
AMD

2.5 GHz

on-demand
$0.412

$301/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.2603

−37% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.26

−37% vs on-demand

m5ad.2xlarge price by region

16 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved

Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1cheapestAsia$0.268$0.168$0.169$0.116
US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1referenceNorth America$0.412$0.2603$0.26$0.178
US East (Ohio)us-east-2North America$0.412$0.2206$0.26$0.178
US West (Oregon)us-west-2North America$0.412$0.2013$0.26$0.178
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$0.46$0.198$0.29$0.199
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.46$0.2346$0.29$0.199
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$0.48$0.2498$0.302$0.207
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$0.484$0.2018$0.305$0.209
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.488$0.2176$0.307$0.211
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.50$0.2589$0.315$0.216
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.508$0.2693$0.316$0.219
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.516$0.271$0.325$0.223
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.52$0.2856$0.328$0.225
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.524–$0.33$0.226
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.536$0.2913$0.338$0.232
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.66$0.3145$0.401$0.285

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
8
Memory
32 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC 7571
CPU vendor
AMD
Architecture
x86-64
Clock speed
2.5 GHz
Burstable CPU
No

storage & network

Local storage
300 GB NVME
Storage detail
1 x 300 NVMe SSD
Network
Up to 10 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
10 Gbps

aws details

API name
m5ad.2xlarge
Family
M5ad
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
16 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) · $0.268/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 2120 Mbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
16
Processor features
AVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
10-15%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
41%

m5ad.2xlarge equivalents on other clouds

closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region

compare side by side→
ProviderInstancevCPUMemoryProcessorOn-demandvs m5ad.2xlarge
AWSm5ad.2xlarge832 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.412–
AzureD8as v4832 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.384-7%
D8a v4832 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.384-7%
Google Cloudc3d-standard-8-lssd832 GiBAMD Genoa$0.4043-2%
c3-standard-8-lssd832 GiBIntel Sapphire Rapids$0.4854+18%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 32x8832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.42+2%
Linode 32GBburstable CPU832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.288-30%
Vultrvbm-4c-32gb832 GiBIntel Xeon E3-1270$0.164-60%
vx1-g-8c-32g-480s832 GiBAMD EPYC$0.306-26%

M5ad family sizes

all about M5ad→
SizevCPUMemoryLocal storageOn-demandMonthlySpot1-yr
m5ad.large28 GiB75 GB NVME$0.103$75.19$0.0528$0.065
m5ad.xlarge416 GiB150 GB NVME$0.206$150$0.1106$0.13
m5ad.2xlarge832 GiB300 GB NVME$0.412$301$0.2603$0.26
m5ad.4xlarge1664 GiB600 GB NVME (2 disks)$0.824$602$0.3675$0.519
m5ad.8xlarge32128 GiB1.2 TB NVME (2 disks)$1.648$1,203$0.8057$1.038
m5ad.12xlarge48192 GiB1.8 TB NVME (2 disks)$2.472$1,805$1.136$1.557
m5ad.16xlarge64256 GiB2.4 TB NVME (4 disks)$3.296$2,406$1.412$2.076
m5ad.24xlarge96384 GiB3.6 TB NVME (4 disks)$4.944$3,609$2.18$3.115

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m5ad.2xlarge FAQ

How much does m5ad.2xlarge cost?

m5ad.2xlarge costs $0.412 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $301 per month. Across 16 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.268 in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) to $0.66 in South America (Sao Paulo). Spot capacity costs $0.2603 per hour (37% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.26 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.78 per hour.

How many vCPUs and how much memory does m5ad.2xlarge have?

m5ad.2xlarge has 8 vCPUs and 32 GiB of memory (4 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 7571. It is a general purpose instance type in the M5ad family.

What is the cheapest region for m5ad.2xlarge?

Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) at $0.268 per hour for Linux on demand, 35% less than US East (N. Virginia). m5ad.2xlarge is sold in 16 AWS regions.

What are the equivalents of m5ad.2xlarge on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D8as v4 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.384/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, c3d-standard-8-lssd (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.4043/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 32x8 (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.42/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vbm-4c-32gb (8 vCPU, 32 GiB, $0.164/hour in New Jersey).