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C5AD Compute Optimized

High-performance processors for compute-intensive applications.

Name:cCompute Optimizedc = Compute OptimizedOptimized for compute-bound applications that benefit from high-performance processors (web servers, batch processing, gaming servers, and video encoding).55th Generation5 = 5th GenerationAWS 5th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 7R32 (x86_64). Powered by AMD EPYC x86_64 processors, delivering high core counts and cost-effective compute performance.dDirect-Attached NVMe SSDd = Direct-Attached NVMe SSDEquipped with physical high-speed NVMe SSD instance store volumes attached locally to the host server for temporary scratch and caching.

Common use cases

  • Batch processing
  • Scientific modeling
  • Gaming servers
  • High-performance web servers

Instance types (8)

InstancevCPUMemoryArchitectureFrom (Linux, $/hr)
c5ad.large24.0 GiBx86_64$0.0860
c5ad.xlarge48.0 GiBx86_64$0.1720
c5ad.2xlarge816.0 GiBx86_64$0.3440
c5ad.4xlarge1632.0 GiBx86_64$0.6880
c5ad.8xlarge3264.0 GiBx86_64$1.3760
c5ad.12xlarge4896.0 GiBx86_64$2.0640
c5ad.16xlarge64128.0 GiBx86_64$2.7520
c5ad.24xlarge96192.0 GiBx86_64$4.1280