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m5a EC2 instance family

AMD EPYC 7571 at 2.5 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 96 vCPUs, 8 to 384 GiB

Prices Description Specs Performance ranking Available Regions Prices by region
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m5a prices per hour on Windows, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
m5a.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.1000 $0.1480 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0500
m5a.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.2000 $0.2950 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0500
m5a.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.3995 $0.5900 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0499
m5a.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.7991 $1.180 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0499
m5a.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $1.601 $2.361 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0500
m5a.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $2.397 $3.541 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0499
m5a.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $3.152 $4.722 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0492
m5a.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $4.683 $7.082 ap-south-1 of 16 $0.0488

Per hour on Windows, in each type's cheapest region. Typical spot: per pricing run of the last 7 days, the cheapest zone's spot price, averaged, as the finder shows it with that region selected. On-demand: the same region's price. Per vCPU-hour: the spot price, or without spot the on-demand price, per vCPU. Every region is under Prices by region.

The M5A general purpose instance family, launched in November 2018, is powered by AMD EPYC 7571 processors with an all-core turbo of 2.5 GHz. These instances are EBS-optimized, do not include local instance storage, and provide up to 20 Gbps of network bandwidth using Enhanced Networking. Built on the AWS Nitro System, a key feature is the approximately 10% cost savings they offer compared to comparable Intel-based M5 instances.

Written by Gemini from web sources and not checked: the specs and prices on this page come from AWS.

Instance Types
m5a.large m5a.xlarge m5a.2xlarge m5a.4xlarge m5a.8xlarge m5a.12xlarge m5a.16xlarge m5a.24xlarge
vCPUs
2 to 96
Memory
8 to 384 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
AMD EPYC 7571
Sustained clock
2.5 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
1414 measured on m5a, 2026-09-30: the median of its types in runs-on.com benchmarks
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
m5a.large 2 8 GiB EBS only up to 10 (0.75 baseline) up to 2.88 (0.65 baseline)
m5a.xlarge 4 16 GiB EBS only up to 10 (1.25 baseline) up to 2.88 (1.085 baseline)
m5a.2xlarge 8 32 GiB EBS only up to 10 (2.5 baseline) up to 2.88 (1.58 baseline)
m5a.4xlarge 16 64 GiB EBS only up to 10 (5 baseline) 2.88
m5a.8xlarge 32 128 GiB EBS only up to 10 (7.5 baseline) 4.75
m5a.12xlarge 48 192 GiB EBS only 10 6.78
m5a.16xlarge 64 256 GiB EBS only 12 9.5
m5a.24xlarge 96 384 GiB EBS only 20 13.75

Network and EBS: peak bandwidth in Gbit/s, with the bandwidth the type sustains when it is lower. Local storage: the instance store, in decimal GB as AWS sizes it.

Ranked by PassMark single-thread score
All x86_64 arm64
#1
m8azn, x8aedz
4257
#3
m8a, c8a, hpc8a, r8a
3803 3801–3803
#7
m8i, m8ib, m8id, m8in, m8idb, m8idn, m8ine, m8i-flex, c8i, c8i-flex, c8ib, c8id, c8in, c8ine, r8i, r8i-flex, r8ib, r8id, r8idb, r8idn, r8in, t8i, x8i
3271 3243–3271
#30
i7i, r7iz
3115 3105–3115
#32
m7a, c7a, c7i, hpc7a, r7a
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
c7i-flex
2700
#40
m6a, m5zn, m7i-flex, c6a, hpc6a, i7ie, r6a, x2iezn
2596 2549–2596
#48
m6i, m6id, m6in, m6idn, c6i, c6id, c6in, hpc6id, i4i, r6i, r6id, r6idn, r6in, x2idn, x2iedn, z1d
2303 2269–2303
#64
c5a, c5ad, c5d
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1746–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
m5a, m5ad, r5a, r5ad, t3a
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

These families have no PassMark single-thread score yet, so they are not ranked.

c1, d2, d3, d3en, dl2q, f2, g4dn, g5, g6, g6e, g6f, g7, g7e, gr6, gr6f, h1, i2, inf1, inf2, m1, m2, m3, mac1, p3dn, p4d, p4de, p5, p5en, p6-b200, p6-b300, t1, trn1, trn1n, u-3tb1, u-6tb1, u7i-12tb, u7i-6tb, u7i-8tb, u7in-16tb, u7in-24tb, u7in-32tb, vt1, x1, x1e

16 regions with a price in the last 7 days. Select up to 4 to compare them in the price history charts under Prices by region.

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Each type's regions on Windows, cheapest first, with the same figures as the Prices table, and its price history: the daily mean of every zone and pricing run, over the last 15 UTC days. Each price column is tinted from its cheapest region (green) to its most expensive (red).

m5a.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.large prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1000 $0.1480 32%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1006 $0.1780 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1006 $0.1780 43%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1026 $0.1980 48%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1041 $0.1780 41%
eu-west-2 London $0.1049 $0.1920 45%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1058 $0.2300 54%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1060 $0.1930 45%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1079 $0.1930 44%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1080 $0.1930 44%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1103 $0.2000 45%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1105 $0.2000 45%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1111 $0.1880 41%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1118 $0.2040 45%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1130 $0.1960 42%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1156 $0.1880 39%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5a.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.xlarge prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2000 $0.2950 32%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2012 $0.3560 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2012 $0.3560 43%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2052 $0.3960 48%
eu-west-2 London $0.2069 $0.3840 46%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2085 $0.3560 41%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2098 $0.3860 46%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2115 $0.3860 45%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2116 $0.4600 54%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.2131 $0.3760 43%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.2158 $0.3860 44%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2163 $0.4000 46%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2205 $0.4000 45%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2215 $0.3920 44%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2236 $0.4080 45%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2307 $0.3760 39%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5a.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.2xlarge prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3995 $0.5900 32%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.4024 $0.7120 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4024 $0.7120 43%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4104 $0.7920 48%
eu-west-2 London $0.4134 $0.7680 46%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.4168 $0.7120 41%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4191 $0.7520 44%
us-west-1 N. California $0.4205 $0.7720 46%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4232 $0.9200 54%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.4245 $0.7720 45%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.4315 $0.7720 44%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4316 $0.8000 46%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4410 $0.8000 45%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4418 $0.7840 44%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4472 $0.8160 45%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4599 $0.7520 39%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5a.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.4xlarge prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7991 $1.180 32%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.8048 $1.424 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8048 $1.424 43%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.8073 $1.424 43%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.8208 $1.584 48%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8253 $1.504 45%
eu-west-2 London $0.8267 $1.536 46%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8391 $1.544 46%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.8455 $1.544 45%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.8464 $1.840 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.8626 $1.600 46%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.8635 $1.544 44%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.8819 $1.600 45%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8840 $1.568 44%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.8945 $1.632 45%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9192 $1.504 39%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5a.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.8xlarge prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.601 $2.361 32%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.610 $2.848 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.610 $2.848 43%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.626 $3.008 46%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.642 $3.168 48%
eu-west-2 London $1.655 $3.072 46%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.664 $2.848 42%
us-west-1 N. California $1.681 $3.088 46%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.693 $3.680 54%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.700 $3.088 45%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.725 $3.200 46%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.727 $3.088 44%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.764 $3.200 45%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.768 $3.136 44%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.791 $3.264 45%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.838 $3.008 39%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5a.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.12xlarge prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $2.397 $3.541 32%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $2.414 $4.272 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $2.414 $4.272 43%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.414 $4.272 43%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $2.438 $4.512 46%
eu-west-2 London $2.448 $4.608 47%
eu-south-1 Milan $2.450 $4.632 47%
eu-west-3 Paris $2.450 $4.632 47%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $2.467 $4.800 49%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $2.471 $4.752 48%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $2.477 $4.896 49%
us-west-1 N. California $2.518 $4.632 46%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $2.539 $5.520 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.555 $4.800 47%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.651 $4.704 44%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.757 $4.512 39%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5a.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.16xlarge prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $3.152 $4.722 33%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $3.219 $5.696 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $3.219 $5.696 43%
us-west-2 Oregon $3.219 $5.696 43%
eu-south-1 Milan $3.267 $6.176 47%
eu-west-3 Paris $3.267 $6.176 47%
us-west-1 N. California $3.267 $6.176 47%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $3.283 $6.336 48%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $3.287 $6.016 45%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $3.290 $6.400 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $3.302 $6.528 49%
eu-west-2 London $3.362 $6.144 45%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $3.386 $7.360 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $3.390 $6.400 47%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $3.536 $6.272 44%
eu-west-1 Ireland $3.657 $6.016 39%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5a.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 16 regions
m5a.24xlarge prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $4.683 $7.082 34%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $4.829 $8.544 43%
us-east-2 Ohio $4.829 $8.544 43%
us-west-2 Oregon $4.829 $8.544 43%
eu-west-1 Ireland $4.877 $9.024 46%
eu-south-1 Milan $4.901 $9.264 47%
eu-west-3 Paris $4.901 $9.264 47%
us-west-1 N. California $4.901 $9.264 47%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $4.934 $9.600 49%
eu-west-2 London $4.953 $9.216 46%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $4.954 $9.792 49%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $5.078 $11.04 54%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $5.277 $9.600 45%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.299 $9.408 44%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $5.872 $9.504 38%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $9.024 $9.024 0%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
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