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m5ad 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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m5ad prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
m5ad.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB 2 8 GiB $0.0260 $0.1030 us-east-2 of 15 $0.0130
m5ad.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.0604 $0.2540 ap-northeast-2 of 15 $0.0151
m5ad.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.1246 $0.4120 us-east-2 of 15 $0.0156
m5ad.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.2269 $1.320 sa-east-1 of 15 $0.0142
m5ad.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $0.4098 $1.648 us-east-2 of 15 $0.0128
m5ad.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $0.5195 $2.928 us-west-1 of 15 $0.0108
m5ad.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $0.5516 $3.296 us-east-1 of 15 $0.00862
m5ad.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $0.6743 $5.856 us-west-1 of 15 $0.00702

Per hour on Linux/UNIX, 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 M5ad instance family, generally available since March 27, 2019, is powered by AMD EPYC 7571 processors. These general-purpose instances offer up to 96 vCPUs, up to 384 GiB of memory, and up to 3600 GB of NVMe SSD instance storage. They provide up to 20 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 13.75 Gbps of EBS bandwidth, making them suitable for workloads that benefit from a balance of compute resources and high-speed local storage.

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

Instance Types
m5ad.large m5ad.xlarge m5ad.2xlarge m5ad.4xlarge m5ad.8xlarge m5ad.12xlarge m5ad.16xlarge m5ad.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
1408 measured on m5ad, 2025-11-20
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
m5ad.large 2 8 GiB 75 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (0.75 baseline) up to 2.88 (0.65 baseline)
m5ad.xlarge 4 16 GiB 150 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (1.25 baseline) up to 2.88 (1.085 baseline)
m5ad.2xlarge 8 32 GiB 300 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (2.5 baseline) up to 2.88 (1.58 baseline)
m5ad.4xlarge 16 64 GiB 2 × 300 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (5 baseline) 2.88
m5ad.8xlarge 32 128 GiB 2 × 600 GB NVMe SSD up to 10 (7.5 baseline) 4.75
m5ad.12xlarge 48 192 GiB 2 × 900 GB NVMe SSD 10 6.78
m5ad.16xlarge 64 256 GiB 4 × 600 GB NVMe SSD 12 9.5
m5ad.24xlarge 96 384 GiB 4 × 900 GB NVMe SSD 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

15 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 Linux/UNIX, 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).

m5ad.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0260 $0.1030 75%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0266 $0.0670 60%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0271 $0.1270 79%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0355 $0.1650 78%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0419 $0.1030 59%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0437 $0.1220 64%
eu-west-2 London $0.0442 $0.1200 63%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0444 $0.1150 61%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0445 $0.1300 66%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0449 $0.1030 56%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0481 $0.1210 60%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0491 $0.1340 63%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0502 $0.1250 60%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0552 $0.1150 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0557 $0.1290 57%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5ad.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0604 $0.2540 76%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0653 $0.2060 68%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0679 $0.1340 49%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0817 $0.3300 75%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0855 $0.2060 58%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0877 $0.2060 57%
eu-west-2 London $0.0980 $0.2400 59%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1057 $0.2420 56%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1068 $0.2440 56%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1117 $0.2680 58%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1213 $0.2580 53%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1214 $0.2500 51%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1227 $0.2600 53%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1237 $0.2300 46%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1241 $0.2300 46%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5ad.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1246 $0.4120 70%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1299 $0.5080 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1440 $0.2680 46%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1512 $0.6600 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1887 $0.4120 54%
eu-west-2 London $0.2065 $0.4800 57%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2068 $0.4840 57%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2070 $0.4880 58%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2106 $0.4600 54%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2122 $0.4120 48%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.2138 $0.4600 54%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2222 $0.5360 59%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2364 $0.5000 53%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2458 $0.5200 53%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2855 $0.5160 45%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5ad.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2269 $1.320 83%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2489 $0.5370 54%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2617 $0.8240 68%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.3145 $1.016 69%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.3200 $0.9200 65%
eu-west-2 London $0.3421 $0.9600 64%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3539 $0.8240 57%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.3596 $0.9680 63%
us-west-1 N. California $0.3649 $0.9760 63%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.3938 $0.8240 52%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4126 $1.072 62%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4344 $1.000 57%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4407 $1.040 58%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.5017 $0.9200 45%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.5296 $1.032 49%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5ad.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.8xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4098 $1.648 75%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4748 $2.640 82%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.5220 $1.074 51%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.5550 $1.840 70%
us-west-1 N. California $0.5593 $1.952 71%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.5701 $1.936 71%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5756 $2.032 72%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.6192 $1.648 62%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.6265 $1.648 62%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.6425 $2.080 69%
eu-west-2 London $0.6438 $1.920 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.7811 $2.000 61%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.8380 $2.064 59%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.8441 $1.840 54%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.8639 $2.144 60%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5ad.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-west-1 N. California $0.5195 $2.928 82%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.5584 $3.960 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.5952 $1.610 63%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.6327 $3.048 79%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.6440 $2.472 74%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7107 $2.472 71%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.7399 $2.472 70%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.7550 $2.904 74%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9008 $3.216 72%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.9030 $2.760 67%
eu-west-2 London $1.035 $2.880 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.101 $3.000 63%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.109 $3.096 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.129 $2.760 59%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.285 $3.120 59%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5ad.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.16xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.5516 $3.296 83%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.7110 $3.296 78%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.7176 $5.280 86%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.7493 $4.064 82%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.7509 $2.147 65%
us-west-1 N. California $0.7651 $3.904 80%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.9627 $3.872 75%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9923 $4.288 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.138 $3.296 65%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.241 $4.160 70%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.251 $4.128 70%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.252 $3.680 66%
eu-west-2 London $1.339 $3.840 65%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.495 $4.000 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.557 $3.680 58%
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
m5ad.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.24xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-west-1 N. California $0.6743 $5.856 88%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8155 $4.944 84%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.9618 $4.944 81%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.9826 $7.920 88%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.9905 $5.808 83%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.123 $3.221 65%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.164 $6.432 82%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.317 $6.096 78%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.465 $6.192 76%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.650 $5.520 70%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.947 $6.240 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.973 $6.000 67%
eu-west-2 London $2.036 $5.760 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.192 $5.520 60%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.202 $4.944 55%
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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