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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 Windows, 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 $0.1015 $0.1590 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0508
m5ad.xlarge4 vCPU, 16 GiB 4 16 GiB $0.2032 $0.3180 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0508
m5ad.2xlarge8 vCPU, 32 GiB 8 32 GiB $0.4061 $0.6360 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0508
m5ad.4xlarge16 vCPU, 64 GiB 16 64 GiB $0.8067 $1.273 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0504
m5ad.8xlarge32 vCPU, 128 GiB 32 128 GiB $1.579 $2.546 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0494
m5ad.12xlarge48 vCPU, 192 GiB 48 192 GiB $2.369 $3.818 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0494
m5ad.16xlarge64 vCPU, 256 GiB 64 256 GiB $3.159 $5.091 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0494
m5ad.24xlarge96 vCPU, 384 GiB 96 384 GiB $4.738 $7.637 ap-south-1 of 15 $0.0494

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 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 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).

m5ad.large2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 15 regions
m5ad.large prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1015 $0.1590 36%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1023 $0.1950 48%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1029 $0.1950 47%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1047 $0.2190 52%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1065 $0.1950 45%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1080 $0.2140 50%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1085 $0.2570 58%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1088 $0.2130 49%
eu-west-2 London $0.1099 $0.2120 48%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1101 $0.2070 47%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1129 $0.2220 49%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1138 $0.2210 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1157 $0.2260 49%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1173 $0.2170 46%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1211 $0.2070 42%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2032 $0.3180 36%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2046 $0.3900 48%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2046 $0.3900 48%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2094 $0.4380 52%
eu-west-2 London $0.2112 $0.4240 50%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2131 $0.3900 45%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2170 $0.5140 58%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2170 $0.4260 49%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2170 $0.4280 49%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.2186 $0.4140 47%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2229 $0.4440 50%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2276 $0.4420 49%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2314 $0.4520 49%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2316 $0.4340 47%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2737 $0.4140 34%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4061 $0.6360 36%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.4092 $0.7800 48%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4092 $0.7800 48%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.4092 $0.7800 48%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4188 $0.8760 52%
eu-west-2 London $0.4273 $0.8480 50%
us-west-1 N. California $0.4302 $0.8560 50%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4334 $0.9040 52%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.4337 $0.8520 49%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4340 $1.028 58%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4383 $0.8280 47%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4456 $0.8880 50%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4551 $0.8840 49%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4567 $0.8680 47%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4806 $0.8280 42%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.8067 $1.273 37%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.8184 $1.560 48%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8184 $1.560 48%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.8184 $1.560 48%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8368 $1.712 51%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.8376 $1.752 52%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.8432 $1.808 53%
eu-west-2 London $0.8447 $1.696 50%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.8672 $1.704 49%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.8680 $2.056 58%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8799 $1.656 47%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.8887 $1.776 50%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.9105 $1.768 48%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.9154 $1.736 47%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9576 $1.656 42%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.579 $2.546 38%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.637 $3.120 48%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.637 $3.120 48%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.637 $3.120 48%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.661 $3.312 50%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.666 $3.408 51%
us-west-1 N. California $1.667 $3.424 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.672 $3.472 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.675 $3.504 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.678 $3.536 53%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.680 $3.552 53%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.686 $3.616 53%
eu-west-2 London $1.689 $3.392 50%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.736 $4.112 58%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.749 $3.312 47%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $2.369 $3.818 38%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $2.455 $4.680 48%
us-east-2 Ohio $2.455 $4.680 48%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.455 $4.680 48%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.484 $4.968 50%
eu-west-2 London $2.496 $5.088 51%
eu-west-3 Paris $2.498 $5.112 51%
us-west-1 N. California $2.501 $5.136 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.508 $5.208 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $2.513 $5.256 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $2.518 $5.304 53%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.520 $5.328 53%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $2.530 $5.424 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $2.604 $6.168 58%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $2.622 $4.968 47%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $3.159 $5.091 38%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $3.274 $6.240 48%
us-east-2 Ohio $3.274 $6.240 48%
us-west-2 Oregon $3.274 $6.240 48%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $3.312 $6.624 50%
eu-west-1 Ireland $3.312 $6.624 50%
eu-west-3 Paris $3.331 $6.816 51%
us-west-1 N. California $3.334 $6.848 51%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $3.350 $7.008 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $3.357 $7.072 53%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $3.360 $7.104 53%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $3.373 $7.232 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $3.472 $8.224 58%
eu-west-2 London $3.647 $6.784 46%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $3.655 $6.944 47%
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-1 Mumbai $4.738 $7.637 38%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $4.910 $9.360 48%
us-east-2 Ohio $4.910 $9.360 48%
us-west-2 Oregon $4.910 $9.360 48%
eu-west-1 Ireland $4.968 $9.936 50%
eu-west-2 London $4.992 $10.18 51%
eu-west-3 Paris $4.997 $10.22 51%
us-west-1 N. California $5.002 $10.27 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.016 $10.42 52%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $5.026 $10.51 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $5.035 $10.61 53%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $5.040 $10.66 53%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $5.059 $10.85 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $5.208 $12.34 58%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $5.212 $9.936 48%
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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