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r5 EC2 instance family

Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL at 3.1 GHz, x86_64, 2 to 96 vCPUs, 16 to 768 GiB

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r5 prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, each type in its cheapest region
Type vCPU Memory Typical spot On-demand Cheapest region Per vCPU-hour
r5.large2 vCPU, 16 GiB 2 16 GiB $0.0130 $0.1300 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.xlarge4 vCPU, 32 GiB 4 32 GiB $0.0260 $0.2600 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.2xlarge8 vCPU, 64 GiB 8 64 GiB $0.0520 $0.5200 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.4xlarge16 vCPU, 128 GiB 16 128 GiB $0.1040 $1.040 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.8xlarge32 vCPU, 256 GiB 32 256 GiB $0.2080 $2.080 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.12xlarge48 vCPU, 384 GiB 48 384 GiB $0.3120 $3.120 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.16xlarge64 vCPU, 512 GiB 64 512 GiB $0.4160 $4.160 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.24xlarge96 vCPU, 768 GiB 96 768 GiB $0.6240 $6.240 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650
r5.metal96 vCPU, 768 GiB 96 768 GiB $0.6427 $6.240 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00669

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 R5 family, generally available since July 2018, are memory-optimized instances featuring custom Intel Xeon Platinum 8000 series processors, including the 8259CL, with an all-core turbo up to 3.1 GHz. Built on the AWS Nitro System, they are EBS-optimized with no local instance storage and offer up to 25 Gbps of network bandwidth for memory-intensive workloads like high-performance databases.

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

vCPUs
2 to 96
Memory
16 to 768 GiB
Architecture
x86_64
Processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL
Sustained clock
3.1 GHz
Single-thread PassMark
1693 measured on r5, 2025-11-20
Specs of each type
Type vCPU Memory Local storage Network EBS
r5.large 2 16 GiB EBS only up to 10 (0.75 baseline) up to 4.75 (0.65 baseline)
r5.xlarge 4 32 GiB EBS only up to 10 (1.25 baseline) up to 4.75 (1.15 baseline)
r5.2xlarge 8 64 GiB EBS only up to 10 (2.5 baseline) up to 4.75 (2.3 baseline)
r5.4xlarge 16 128 GiB EBS only up to 10 (5 baseline) 4.75
r5.8xlarge 32 256 GiB EBS only 10 6.8
r5.12xlarge 48 384 GiB EBS only 12 9.5
r5.16xlarge 64 512 GiB EBS only 20 13.6
r5.24xlarge 96 768 GiB EBS only 25 19
r5.metal 96 768 GiB EBS only 25 19

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.

#1
4257
#3
3803 3801–3803
#30
3115 3105–3115
#32
2955 2875–2955
#37
m7i, r7i
2816 2763–2816
#39
2700
#40
2596 2549–2596
#48
2303 2269–2303
#64
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
1414 1388–1414

Not benchmarked yet 44

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

29 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.

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).

r5.large2 vCPU, 16 GiB, 29 regions
r5.large prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0130 $0.1300 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0152 $0.1520 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0182 $0.1340 86%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0215 $0.1520 86%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0273 $0.1510 82%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0287 $0.1670 83%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0303 $0.1260 76%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0329 $0.1480 78%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0345 $0.2010 83%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0348 $0.1410 75%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0356 $0.1380 74%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0414 $0.1680 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0416 $0.1260 67%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0430 $0.1380 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0435 $0.1520 71%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0452 $0.1260 64%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0452 $0.1400 68%
eu-west-2 London $0.0459 $0.1480 69%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0489 $0.1480 67%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0492 $0.1670 71%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0503 $0.1510 67%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0519 $0.1520 66%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0529 $0.1300 59%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0530 $0.1480 64%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0548 $0.1520 64%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0557 $0.1520 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0577 $0.1410 59%
me-central-1 UAE $0.0635 $0.1550 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.1550
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.xlarge4 vCPU, 32 GiB, 29 regions
r5.xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0260 $0.2600 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0282 $0.2820 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0304 $0.3040 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.0430 $0.2680 84%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0460 $0.3040 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0503 $0.3020 83%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0504 $0.2520 80%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0546 $0.3340 84%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0557 $0.3340 83%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0565 $0.2960 81%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0578 $0.4020 86%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0638 $0.2760 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0641 $0.2520 75%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0645 $0.2960 78%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0699 $0.2520 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0820 $0.3040 73%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0893 $0.2600 66%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0962 $0.2800 66%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0974 $0.3360 71%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1007 $0.2760 64%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1007 $0.3020 67%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1015 $0.3040 67%
eu-west-2 London $0.1026 $0.2960 65%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1046 $0.2960 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1061 $0.3040 65%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1158 $0.3040 62%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1262 $0.2820 55%
me-central-1 UAE $0.1269 $0.3100 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.3100
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.2xlarge8 vCPU, 64 GiB, 29 regions
r5.2xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.0520 $0.5200 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0564 $0.5640 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0609 $0.6080 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0631 $0.6080 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0780 $0.5520 86%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0998 $0.6040 83%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1029 $0.5040 80%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1029 $0.6690 85%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1121 $0.5920 81%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1127 $0.6680 83%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1204 $0.8040 85%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1454 $0.5040 71%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1612 $0.6080 73%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1690 $0.5040 66%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1720 $0.5600 69%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1722 $0.5360 68%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1752 $0.5200 66%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1811 $0.5520 67%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1858 $0.5920 69%
eu-west-2 London $0.1886 $0.5920 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1906 $0.6040 68%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2076 $0.6080 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2240 $0.6080 63%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2271 $0.6080 63%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.2449 $0.6720 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2521 $0.5640 55%
me-central-1 UAE $0.2538 $0.6200 59%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.3267 $0.5920 45%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.6200
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.4xlarge16 vCPU, 128 GiB, 29 regions
r5.4xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.1040 $1.040 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1128 $1.128 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.1216 $1.216 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1440 $1.072 87%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1829 $1.336 86%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2012 $1.608 87%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.2013 $1.208 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.2036 $1.184 83%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2068 $1.216 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.2122 $1.338 84%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.2274 $1.104 79%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2511 $1.184 79%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2779 $1.120 75%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2851 $1.008 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.3213 $1.216 74%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3338 $1.008 67%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.3450 $1.008 66%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3482 $1.040 67%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.3509 $1.104 68%
eu-west-2 London $0.3573 $1.184 70%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.3770 $1.184 68%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4062 $1.216 67%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4205 $1.344 69%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4333 $1.216 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4764 $1.128 58%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4802 $1.216 61%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4829 $1.208 60%
me-central-1 UAE $0.5080 $1.241 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $1.241
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.8xlarge32 vCPU, 256 GiB, 29 regions
r5.8xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2080 $2.080 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.2256 $2.256 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.2432 $2.432 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.2871 $2.144 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3850 $3.216 88%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4201 $2.672 84%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.4490 $2.416 81%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.4687 $2.368 80%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4895 $2.208 78%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.5017 $2.208 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.5179 $2.016 74%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.5376 $2.016 73%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5395 $2.432 78%
us-west-1 N. California $0.5401 $2.240 76%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.6439 $2.016 68%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.6757 $2.675 75%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.6783 $2.369 71%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.6896 $2.368 71%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.6942 $2.080 67%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.7801 $2.432 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.7930 $2.416 67%
eu-west-2 London $0.7960 $2.368 66%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.8294 $2.432 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8411 $2.432 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.8803 $2.432 64%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.9359 $2.688 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9959 $2.256 56%
me-central-1 UAE $1.016 $2.482 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $2.482
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.12xlarge48 vCPU, 384 GiB, 29 regions
r5.12xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.3120 $3.120 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.3221 $3.216 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.3616 $3.384 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.3648 $3.648 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.4313 $3.312 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4824 $4.824 90%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4946 $4.008 88%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5095 $3.648 86%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.5712 $3.552 84%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.5970 $3.312 82%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.6548 $3.624 82%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.6606 $4.032 84%
us-west-1 N. California $0.6640 $3.360 80%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.7012 $3.024 77%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.7462 $3.553 79%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.7668 $3.024 75%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7692 $3.648 79%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.8159 $4.013 80%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.9383 $3.120 70%
eu-west-2 London $1.005 $3.552 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.011 $3.648 72%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.028 $3.552 71%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.072 $3.648 71%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.073 $3.024 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.255 $3.648 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.307 $3.624 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.421 $3.384 58%
me-central-1 UAE $1.524 $3.722 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $3.722
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.16xlarge64 vCPU, 512 GiB, 29 regions
r5.16xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4160 $4.160 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.4288 $4.288 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.4446 $4.416 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.4512 $4.512 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.4864 $4.864 90%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.5119 $4.032 87%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.6710 $5.344 87%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.7651 $4.736 84%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.8655 $5.376 84%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8908 $4.416 80%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.8922 $6.432 86%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.9143 $4.736 81%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.9195 $4.864 81%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9582 $4.864 80%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.9765 $4.832 80%
us-west-1 N. California $0.9978 $4.480 78%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.013 $4.160 76%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.040 $4.032 74%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.424 $4.032 65%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.447 $5.350 73%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.514 $4.864 69%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $1.583 $4.738 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.592 $4.864 67%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.813 $4.864 63%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.819 $4.832 62%
me-central-1 UAE $2.032 $4.963 59%
eu-west-2 London $2.140 $4.736 55%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.206 $4.512 51%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $4.963
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.24xlarge96 vCPU, 768 GiB, 29 regions
r5.24xlarge prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.6240 $6.240 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.6432 $6.432 90%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.6624 $6.624 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.6768 $6.768 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.7296 $7.296 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.7435 $6.624 89%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.8026 $8.026 90%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.9735 $6.240 84%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.163 $6.048 81%
us-west-1 N. California $1.176 $6.720 82%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.223 $7.104 83%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.230 $7.248 83%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $1.294 $8.016 84%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.306 $9.648 86%
af-south-1 Cape Town $1.319 $8.064 84%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.361 $7.296 81%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.478 $6.048 76%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.566 $7.104 78%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $1.640 $7.106 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.950 $6.048 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.100 $7.296 71%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $2.296 $7.296 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $2.398 $7.296 67%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.530 $7.248 65%
eu-west-2 London $2.588 $7.104 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.751 $6.768 59%
me-central-1 UAE $3.048 $7.445 59%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $3.087 $7.296 58%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $7.445
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.
r5.metal96 vCPU, 768 GiB, 29 regions
r5.metal prices per hour on Linux/UNIX, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.6427 $6.240 90%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.6432 $6.432 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.6624 $6.624 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.7232 $6.768 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.7296 $7.296 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.8069 $7.296 89%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8372 $6.048 86%
us-west-1 N. California $0.9026 $6.720 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.9648 $9.648 90%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.9980 $7.104 86%
eu-west-2 London $1.029 $7.104 86%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.145 $6.624 83%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.210 $6.240 81%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.216 $8.026 85%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.286 $6.048 79%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.306 $7.104 82%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.320 $7.296 82%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.321 $7.296 82%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $1.370 $8.016 83%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.456 $7.248 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.595 $6.048 74%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.627 $6.768 76%
af-south-1 Cape Town $1.758 $8.064 78%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.962 $7.296 73%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $2.151 $7.106 70%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.766 $7.248 62%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $2.872 $7.296 61%
me-central-1 UAE $3.048 $7.445 59%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $7.445
Solid: spot, the daily mean of all zones (the typical spot above takes the cheapest zone). Dashed: on-demand. UTC days.