The R5AD memory-optimized family, launched in late 2018, features 1st Gen AMD EPYC 7571 processors with an all-core turbo clock speed of up to 2.5 GHz. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these instances include fast, local NVMe SSD instance storage and offer enhanced networking with up to 25 Gbps of bandwidth. They are designed for memory-intensive workloads like high-performance databases, offering up to 10% cost savings over comparable instance types.