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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 $0.6240 $6.240 ap-south-2 of 29 $0.00650

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
4260
#3
3806 3803–3806
#30
3126 3112–3126
#32
c7i, r7i
2978 2899–2978
#34
2878 2868–2878
#38
2771 2699–2771
#41
2604 2559–2604
#48
2298 2269–2298
#64
2034 1995–2034
#67
m5d, c5, c5n
1901 1853–1901
#70
m5dn, c4, r5dn, r5n, t2, t3
1777 1757–1777
#76
m5, m5n, i3en, r5, r5b, r5d
1703 1686–1703
#82
m4, c3, i3
1625 1582–1625
#85
r3, r4
1539 1525–1539
#87
1415 1403–1415
#91
t3a
1333

Not benchmarked yet 45

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 $0.0157 $0.1340 88%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0164 $0.1520 89%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0242 $0.1670 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0270 $0.1510 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0301 $0.1260 76%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0302 $0.1480 80%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.0335 $0.1410 76%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0363 $0.2010 82%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0385 $0.1380 72%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0390 $0.1260 69%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0407 $0.1380 70%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0411 $0.1520 73%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0417 $0.1680 75%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0433 $0.1400 69%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0434 $0.1260 66%
eu-west-2 London $0.0443 $0.1480 70%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.0472 $0.1480 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0500 $0.1510 67%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0508 $0.1300 61%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.0516 $0.1520 66%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.0531 $0.1520 65%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0533 $0.1480 64%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0535 $0.1670 68%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.0554 $0.1520 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.0566 $0.1410 60%
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 $0.0373 $0.2680 86%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0419 $0.3040 86%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.0488 $0.3340 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.0501 $0.3020 83%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.0502 $0.4020 88%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0513 $0.2520 80%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.0579 $0.3340 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.0589 $0.2960 80%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.0601 $0.2960 80%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.0631 $0.2520 75%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0650 $0.2760 76%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.0663 $0.2520 74%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.0782 $0.3040 74%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.0852 $0.2600 67%
us-west-1 N. California $0.0920 $0.2800 67%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.0929 $0.3360 72%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.0939 $0.2760 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.0995 $0.3020 67%
eu-west-2 London $0.1004 $0.2960 66%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1018 $0.3040 67%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1026 $0.3040 66%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1046 $0.2960 65%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1125 $0.3040 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1268 $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%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.0568 $0.5520 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.0608 $0.6080 90%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.0667 $0.6080 89%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.0964 $0.5040 81%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.1000 $0.6040 83%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1111 $0.8040 86%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1157 $0.5920 80%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1159 $0.6680 83%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1175 $0.6690 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1436 $0.5040 72%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1484 $0.5360 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1518 $0.6080 75%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1658 $0.5040 67%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1662 $0.5600 70%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1749 $0.5520 68%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1791 $0.5200 66%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1811 $0.5920 69%
eu-west-2 London $0.1834 $0.5920 69%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2085 $0.6080 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2120 $0.6040 65%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2147 $0.6080 65%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2172 $0.6080 64%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.2330 $0.6720 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2509 $0.5640 56%
me-central-1 UAE $0.2538 $0.6200 59%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.3169 $0.5920 46%
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 $0.1338 $1.072 88%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1654 $1.336 88%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1720 $1.608 89%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1772 $1.216 85%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.2010 $1.208 83%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.2076 $1.184 82%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.2442 $1.338 82%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.2580 $1.104 77%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2622 $1.120 77%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2722 $1.184 77%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2794 $1.008 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.3001 $1.216 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.3183 $1.008 68%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.3265 $1.104 70%
eu-west-2 London $0.3462 $1.184 71%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.3464 $1.040 67%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.3576 $1.008 65%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.3739 $1.184 68%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4106 $1.216 66%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4131 $1.216 66%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4253 $1.344 68%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4649 $1.216 62%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.4731 $1.128 58%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4748 $1.208 61%
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 $0.2469 $2.144 88%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.3449 $3.216 89%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.3884 $2.672 85%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.4445 $2.368 81%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.4518 $2.416 81%
us-west-1 N. California $0.4809 $2.240 79%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.5114 $2.208 77%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.5180 $2.016 74%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.5289 $2.208 76%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.5301 $2.016 74%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5522 $2.432 77%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.6225 $2.016 69%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.6883 $2.432 72%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.6915 $2.080 67%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.7059 $2.368 70%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.7248 $2.369 69%
eu-west-2 London $0.7827 $2.368 67%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.7868 $2.675 71%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.7997 $2.416 67%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.8026 $2.432 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.8323 $2.432 66%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.8829 $2.432 64%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.9301 $2.688 65%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.9740 $2.256 57%
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 $0.3275 $3.216 90%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.3335 $3.312 90%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.3648 $3.648 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.3830 $3.384 89%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4169 $4.008 90%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4824 $4.824 90%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.5210 $3.312 84%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.5241 $3.648 86%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.5767 $3.552 84%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.6357 $3.624 82%
us-west-1 N. California $0.6611 $3.360 80%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.6695 $4.032 83%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.7458 $3.553 79%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.7580 $3.024 75%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.7599 $3.648 79%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.8281 $3.024 73%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.8932 $4.013 78%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.9280 $3.120 70%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.9285 $3.648 75%
eu-west-2 London $0.9818 $3.552 72%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.004 $3.648 72%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.030 $3.552 71%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.036 $3.024 66%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.249 $3.648 66%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.295 $3.624 64%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.422 $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 $0.4416 $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 $0.5166 $4.032 87%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.5714 $5.344 89%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.7756 $4.736 84%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.8587 $4.736 82%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.8673 $4.416 80%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.8832 $5.376 84%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8994 $4.480 80%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.9085 $4.864 81%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9359 $4.864 81%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.073 $6.432 83%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.129 $4.032 72%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.132 $4.832 77%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.263 $4.160 70%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.432 $4.032 64%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.464 $5.350 73%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.571 $4.864 68%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $1.594 $4.738 66%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.633 $4.864 66%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.797 $4.864 63%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.850 $4.832 62%
me-central-1 UAE $2.032 $4.963 59%
eu-west-2 London $2.082 $4.736 56%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.143 $4.512 52%
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-west-1 Calgary $0.6624 $6.624 90%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.6768 $6.768 90%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.7222 $6.624 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.7296 $7.296 90%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.8026 $8.026 90%
us-west-1 N. California $0.9704 $6.720 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.172 $6.240 81%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $1.183 $8.016 85%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.215 $9.648 87%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.229 $7.104 83%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.295 $7.104 82%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.313 $6.048 78%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.327 $7.296 82%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.379 $7.248 81%
af-south-1 Cape Town $1.430 $8.064 82%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.486 $6.048 75%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.002 $6.048 67%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.065 $7.296 72%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $2.082 $7.296 71%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $2.203 $7.106 69%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $2.324 $7.296 68%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.461 $7.248 66%
eu-west-2 London $2.621 $7.104 63%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.782 $6.768 59%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $2.873 $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.
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 $0.6240 $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 $0.7165 $6.768 89%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.7296 $7.296 90%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8281 $6.720 88%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8718 $6.048 86%
eu-west-2 London $0.9490 $7.104 87%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.9648 $9.648 90%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.9791 $7.104 86%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.005 $6.624 85%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $1.028 $8.016 87%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.032 $7.296 86%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.121 $6.240 82%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.281 $7.104 82%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.297 $8.026 84%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.306 $7.296 82%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.336 $7.296 82%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.410 $7.248 81%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.433 $6.048 76%
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.524 $6.048 75%
af-south-1 Cape Town $1.596 $8.064 80%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.599 $6.768 76%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $1.674 $7.106 76%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.836 $7.296 75%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $2.560 $7.296 65%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.653 $7.248 63%
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.