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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

Prices Description Specs Performance ranking Available Regions Prices by region
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r5 prices per hour on Windows, 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 $0.1046 $0.2180 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.xlarge4 vCPU, 32 GiB 4 32 GiB $0.2092 $0.4360 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.2xlarge8 vCPU, 64 GiB 8 64 GiB $0.4184 $0.8720 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.4xlarge16 vCPU, 128 GiB 16 128 GiB $0.8368 $1.744 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.8xlarge32 vCPU, 256 GiB 32 256 GiB $1.674 $3.488 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.12xlarge48 vCPU, 384 GiB 48 384 GiB $2.510 $5.232 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.16xlarge64 vCPU, 512 GiB 64 512 GiB $3.347 $6.976 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.24xlarge96 vCPU, 768 GiB 96 768 GiB $5.021 $10.46 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523
r5.metal96 vCPU, 768 GiB 96 768 GiB $5.021 $10.46 us-east-1 of 29 $0.0523

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 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.

Instance Types
r5.large r5.xlarge r5.2xlarge r5.4xlarge r5.8xlarge r5.12xlarge r5.16xlarge r5.24xlarge r5.metal
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.

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

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.

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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).

r5.large2 vCPU, 16 GiB, 29 regions
r5.large prices per hour on Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.1046 $0.2180 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.1046 $0.2180 52%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.1050 $0.2220 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.1054 $0.2260 53%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.1061 $0.2330 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.1072 $0.2440 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.1072 $0.2440 56%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.1098 $0.2180 50%
us-west-1 N. California $0.1100 $0.2320 53%
eu-west-2 London $0.1103 $0.2400 54%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.1105 $0.2220 50%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.1120 $0.2590 57%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.1121 $0.2400 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.1121 $0.2930 62%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.1130 $0.2300 51%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.1143 $0.2430 53%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.1152 $0.2400 52%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.1160 $0.2590 55%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.1168 $0.2430 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.1177 $0.2440 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.1179 $0.2600 55%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.1186 $0.2400 51%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.1189 $0.2440 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.1193 $0.2440 51%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.1229 $0.2300 47%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.1258 $0.2330 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.1316 $0.2440 46%
me-central-1 UAE $0.1555 $0.2470 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.2470
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.2092 $0.4360 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.2092 $0.4360 52%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.2100 $0.4440 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.2108 $0.4520 53%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.2116 $0.4600 54%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.2122 $0.4660 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.2144 $0.4880 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.2144 $0.4880 56%
eu-west-2 London $0.2178 $0.4800 55%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.2197 $0.4360 50%
us-west-1 N. California $0.2198 $0.4640 53%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.2210 $0.4440 50%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.2238 $0.5180 57%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.2242 $0.4800 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.2242 $0.5860 62%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.2258 $0.4600 51%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.2271 $0.5180 56%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.2283 $0.4860 53%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.2304 $0.4800 52%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.2339 $0.4860 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.2350 $0.5200 55%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.2354 $0.4880 52%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.2371 $0.4800 51%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.2377 $0.4880 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.2380 $0.4880 51%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.2515 $0.4660 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.2631 $0.4880 46%
me-central-1 UAE $0.3109 $0.4940 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.4940
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.4184 $0.8720 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.4184 $0.8720 52%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.4200 $0.8880 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.4216 $0.9040 53%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.4244 $0.9320 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.4288 $0.9760 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.4288 $0.9760 56%
eu-west-2 London $0.4354 $0.9600 55%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.4393 $0.8720 50%
us-west-1 N. California $0.4397 $0.9280 53%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.4420 $0.8880 50%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.4461 $0.9200 52%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.4478 $1.036 57%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.4484 $1.172 62%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.4486 $0.9600 53%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.4507 $1.037 57%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.4516 $0.9200 51%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.4566 $0.9720 53%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.4610 $0.9600 52%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.4675 $0.9720 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.4700 $1.040 55%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.4707 $0.9760 52%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.4742 $0.9600 51%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.4755 $0.9760 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.4759 $0.9760 51%
eu-west-1 Ireland $0.5027 $0.9320 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $0.5263 $0.9760 46%
me-central-1 UAE $0.6218 $0.9880 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $0.9880
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $0.8368 $1.744 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $0.8368 $1.744 52%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $0.8400 $1.776 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $0.8432 $1.808 53%
eu-south-2 Spain $0.8488 $1.864 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $0.8576 $1.952 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $0.8576 $1.952 56%
eu-west-2 London $0.8702 $1.920 55%
us-west-2 Oregon $0.8786 $1.744 50%
us-west-1 N. California $0.8793 $1.856 53%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $0.8839 $1.776 50%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $0.8956 $2.072 57%
eu-west-3 Paris $0.8965 $1.920 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $0.8968 $2.344 62%
ca-west-1 Calgary $0.9002 $1.840 51%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $0.9033 $1.840 51%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $0.9132 $1.944 53%
eu-south-1 Milan $0.9219 $1.920 52%
eu-central-2 Zurich $0.9262 $2.074 55%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $0.9354 $1.944 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $0.9415 $1.952 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $0.9416 $2.080 55%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $0.9499 $1.920 51%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $0.9510 $1.952 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $0.9518 $1.952 51%
eu-west-1 Ireland $1.005 $1.864 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $1.053 $1.952 46%
me-central-1 UAE $1.244 $1.977 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $1.977
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $1.674 $3.488 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $1.674 $3.488 52%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $1.680 $3.552 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $1.686 $3.616 53%
eu-south-2 Spain $1.698 $3.728 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $1.715 $3.904 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $1.715 $3.904 56%
eu-west-2 London $1.740 $3.840 55%
us-west-1 N. California $1.758 $3.712 53%
us-west-2 Oregon $1.760 $3.488 50%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $1.768 $3.552 50%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $1.794 $4.688 62%
eu-west-3 Paris $1.794 $3.840 53%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $1.794 $4.144 57%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $1.806 $3.680 51%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $1.826 $3.888 53%
ca-west-1 Calgary $1.831 $3.680 50%
eu-south-1 Milan $1.843 $3.840 52%
eu-central-2 Zurich $1.859 $4.147 55%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $1.877 $3.888 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $1.880 $4.160 55%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $1.883 $3.904 52%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $1.902 $3.904 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $1.904 $3.904 51%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $1.910 $3.841 50%
eu-west-1 Ireland $2.011 $3.728 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $2.107 $3.904 46%
me-central-1 UAE $2.488 $3.954 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $3.954
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $2.510 $5.232 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $2.510 $5.232 52%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $2.520 $5.328 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $2.530 $5.424 53%
ca-west-1 Calgary $2.539 $5.520 54%
eu-south-2 Spain $2.546 $5.592 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $2.573 $5.856 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $2.573 $5.856 56%
eu-west-2 London $2.611 $5.760 55%
us-west-2 Oregon $2.636 $5.232 50%
us-west-1 N. California $2.640 $5.568 53%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $2.654 $5.328 50%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $2.688 $6.216 57%
eu-west-3 Paris $2.690 $5.760 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $2.690 $7.032 62%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $2.709 $5.520 51%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $2.740 $5.832 53%
eu-south-1 Milan $2.766 $5.760 52%
eu-central-2 Zurich $2.785 $6.221 55%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $2.812 $5.832 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $2.823 $6.240 55%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $2.825 $5.856 52%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $2.849 $5.761 51%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $2.853 $5.856 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $2.856 $5.856 51%
eu-west-1 Ireland $3.016 $5.592 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $3.161 $5.856 46%
me-central-1 UAE $3.732 $5.930 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $5.930
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $3.347 $6.976 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $3.347 $6.976 52%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $3.360 $7.104 53%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $3.360 $7.104 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $3.373 $7.232 53%
ca-west-1 Calgary $3.390 $7.360 54%
eu-south-2 Spain $3.395 $7.456 54%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $3.430 $7.808 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $3.430 $7.808 56%
eu-central-2 Zurich $3.479 $8.294 58%
eu-west-2 London $3.483 $7.680 55%
us-west-2 Oregon $3.516 $6.976 50%
us-west-1 N. California $3.518 $7.424 53%
eu-west-3 Paris $3.587 $7.680 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $3.587 $9.376 62%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $3.590 $8.288 57%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $3.614 $7.360 51%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $3.653 $7.776 53%
eu-south-1 Milan $3.689 $7.680 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $3.767 $7.808 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $3.780 $8.320 55%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $3.795 $7.776 51%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $3.804 $7.808 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $3.807 $7.808 51%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $3.926 $7.682 49%
eu-west-1 Ireland $4.021 $7.456 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $4.245 $7.808 46%
me-central-1 UAE $4.976 $7.907 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $7.907
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $5.021 $10.46 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $5.021 $10.46 52%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $5.040 $10.66 53%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $5.040 $10.66 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $5.059 $10.85 53%
ca-west-1 Calgary $5.078 $11.04 54%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $5.078 $11.04 54%
eu-south-2 Spain $5.093 $11.18 54%
eu-west-3 Paris $5.126 $11.52 56%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $5.141 $11.66 56%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $5.146 $11.71 56%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $5.146 $11.71 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $5.146 $11.71 56%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $5.194 $11.71 56%
eu-central-2 Zurich $5.219 $12.44 58%
eu-west-2 London $5.221 $11.52 55%
us-west-2 Oregon $5.272 $10.46 50%
us-west-1 N. California $5.283 $11.14 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $5.381 $14.06 62%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $5.416 $12.43 56%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $5.525 $11.66 53%
eu-south-1 Milan $5.554 $11.52 52%
af-south-1 Cape Town $5.648 $12.48 55%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $5.707 $11.71 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.711 $11.71 51%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $5.806 $11.52 50%
eu-west-1 Ireland $6.032 $11.18 46%
me-central-1 UAE $7.464 $11.86 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $11.86
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 Windows, by region, cheapest first
Region Typical spot On-demand Spot saving
us-east-1 N. Virginia $5.021 $10.46 52%
us-east-2 Ohio $5.021 $10.46 52%
ap-south-2 Hyderabad $5.040 $10.66 53%
eu-north-1 Stockholm $5.059 $10.85 53%
ca-west-1 Calgary $5.078 $11.04 54%
eu-south-2 Spain $5.093 $11.18 54%
ap-southeast-2 Sydney $5.141 $11.66 56%
ap-northeast-2 Seoul $5.146 $11.71 56%
ap-southeast-3 Jakarta $5.146 $11.71 56%
eu-central-2 Zurich $5.219 $12.44 58%
eu-west-2 London $5.227 $11.52 55%
ap-south-1 Mumbai $5.253 $10.66 51%
us-west-2 Oregon $5.272 $10.46 50%
us-west-1 N. California $5.280 $11.14 53%
sa-east-1 São Paulo $5.381 $14.06 62%
eu-west-3 Paris $5.390 $11.52 53%
ca-central-1 Canada Central $5.422 $11.04 51%
ap-east-1 Hong Kong $5.493 $12.43 56%
eu-south-1 Milan $5.577 $11.52 52%
ap-southeast-1 Singapore $5.652 $11.71 52%
ap-southeast-4 Melbourne $5.706 $11.66 51%
eu-central-1 Frankfurt $5.712 $11.71 51%
ap-northeast-1 Tokyo $5.718 $11.71 51%
af-south-1 Cape Town $5.748 $12.48 54%
il-central-1 Tel Aviv $5.755 $11.52 50%
eu-west-1 Ireland $6.032 $11.18 46%
ap-northeast-3 Osaka $6.340 $11.71 46%
me-central-1 UAE $7.464 $11.86 37%
me-south-1 Bahrain no spot $11.86
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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