m5ad.large

Amazon EC2 · M5ad family

The m5ad.large is a general purpose Amazon EC2 instance type with 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 7571 with up to 10 Gigabit networking, starting at $0.067 per hour on demand.

general purposex86-64amd
vCPUs
2

dedicated

memory
8 GiB

4 GiB per vCPU

processor
AMD

2.5 GHz

on-demand
$0.103

$75.19/mo · us-east-1

spot
$0.0528

−49% vs on-demand

1-yr reserved
$0.065

−37% vs on-demand

m5ad.large 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$0.067$0.0306$0.042$0.029
US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1referenceNorth America$0.103$0.0528$0.065$0.044
US East (Ohio)us-east-2North America$0.103$0.0415$0.065$0.044
US West (Oregon)us-west-2North America$0.103$0.0344$0.065$0.044
Canada (Central)ca-central-1North America$0.115$0.0461$0.072$0.05
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1Europe$0.115$0.0555$0.072$0.05
EU (London)eu-west-2Europe$0.12$0.0447$0.076$0.052
EU (Paris)eu-west-3Europe$0.121$0.0379$0.076$0.052
US West (N. California)us-west-1North America$0.122$0.0479$0.077$0.053
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1Europe$0.125$0.0554$0.079$0.054
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2Asia$0.127$0.0389$0.079$0.055
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1Asia$0.129$0.0585$0.081$0.056
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2Oceania$0.13$0.0506$0.082$0.056
AWS GovCloud (US)us-gov-west-1North America$0.131–$0.083$0.057
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1Asia$0.134$0.0473$0.084$0.058
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1South America$0.165$0.0602$0.10$0.071

Specifications

compute

vCPUs
2
Memory
8 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
75 GB NVME
Storage detail
1 x 75 NVMe SSD
Network
Up to 10 Gigabit
Peak bandwidth
10 Gbps

aws details

API name
m5ad.large
Family
M5ad
Category
General purpose
Generation
Current
Regions
16 (Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America)
Cheapest region
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) · $0.067/hr
Dedicated EBS throughput
Up to 2120 Mbps
Enhanced networking
Yes
Normalization size factor
4
Processor features
AVX; AVX2; AMD Turbo
Spot interruption rate (us-east-1)
10-15%
Spot savings vs on-demand (us-east-1)
57%

m5ad.large 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.large
AWSm5ad.large28 GiBAMD EPYC 7571$0.103–
AzureD2as v428 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.096-7%
D2a v428 GiBAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome)$0.096-7%
Google Cloude2-standard-228 GiBAMD Rome, Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Skylake$0.067-35%
n2d-standard-228 GiBAMD Milan, AMD Rome$0.0845-18%
AkamaiG8 Dedicated 8x228 GiBAMD EPYC$0.11+7%
Dedicated 4GB4 GiB (2× less)24 GiBAMD EPYC$0.054-48%
Vultrvx1-g-2c-8g-120s28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.076-26%
voc-g-2c-8gb-50s-amd28 GiBAMD EPYC$0.082-20%

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.large FAQ

How much does m5ad.large cost?

m5ad.large costs $0.103 per hour on demand with Linux in US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), about $75.19 per month. Across 16 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.067 in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) to $0.165 in South America (Sao Paulo). Spot capacity costs $0.0528 per hour (49% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.065 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.195 per hour.

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

m5ad.large has 2 vCPUs and 8 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.large?

Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) at $0.067 per hour for Linux on demand, 35% less than US East (N. Virginia). m5ad.large is sold in 16 AWS regions.

What are the equivalents of m5ad.large on other clouds?

The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on Azure, D2as v4 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.096/hour in East US); on Google Cloud, e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.067/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, G8 Dedicated 8x2 (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.11/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vx1-g-2c-8g-120s (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, $0.076/hour in New Jersey).