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m5ad.large

Part of the M5AD General Purpose family — Balanced compute, memory, and networking for a wide range of workloads.

Name:mGeneral Purposem = General PurposeBalanced compute, memory, and networking resources for a wide variety of standard enterprise workloads and microservices.55th Generation5 = 5th GenerationAWS 5th generation hardware platform with updated CPU/system architecture.aAMD EPYCa = AMD EPYCAMD EPYC 7571 (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.largeLargelarge = Large2 vCPUs • 8.0 GiB RAM • 75 GB NVMe SSD • Up to 10 Gigabit Network
Price (Linux)
$0.0670/ hr
~$48.91/mo
Compute
2vCPUs
1 cores • x86_64
Memory
8.0GiB
4.0 GiB / vCPU
Value
$0.0335/ vCPU-hr
$0.0084/GiB-hr
Network
10Gbps
Baseline: 0.75 Gbps
Storage & EBS
360MB/s
Max: 16,000 IOPS

Technical Specifications & Limits

Hardware specs, container thresholds, and system limits

Compute & Processor

ProcessorAMD EPYC 7571
Architecturex86_64 (x86_64)
vCPUs / Threads2 vCPUs
Physical Cores1
Clock Speed2.5 GHz
Intel AVX / AVX2No
Intel Turbo BoostNo
Bare MetalNo (Virtualized)

Performance & Benchmarks

CoreMark Score25,994
CoreMark / vCPU12,997.1 / core
FFmpeg Transcoding10 FPS
CoreMark per Dollar387,970 score / $
Cost per vCPU-hr$0.0335
Cost per GiB-hr$0.0084

Containers & Kubernetes

EKS Max Pods29 pods
Max ECS Tasks10 tasks
Max ENIs3
IPv4/v6 per ENI10
Total Addressable IPs30 total IPs
CNI Prefix DelegationSupported (High Density)

Networking & Bandwidth

Network PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit
Baseline Bandwidth0.75 Gbps
Burst / Peak Bandwidth10 Gbps
Enhanced NetworkingYes
EFA SupportNo
IPv6 SupportNative Dual-Stack Supported

Storage & EBS Optimization

Storage ConfigurationNVMe SSD (75 GB)
Local NVMe Disk75 GB
EBS Baseline Throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS Max Throughput360 MB/s
EBS Baseline IOPS3,600
EBS Max / Burst IOPS16,000
Dedicated EBS ThroughputUp to 2120 Mbps

Platform & Architecture Details

Hypervisor / SystemAWS Nitro System (PCIe Offload)
Nitro EnclavesNot Supported
Normalization Factor4
Generation StatusCurrent Generation (Recommended)
Date Introduced2019-03-27

Regional Pricing Matrix

Live on-demand rates across all global AWS cloud regions
Lowest Price Region
$0.0670/ hr
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
Highest Price Region
$0.1650/ hr
South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1)
Global Fleet Average
$0.1194/ hr
Across all active regions
Regional Coverage
16regions
Available worldwide
Linux — Available in all 16 regions
Region NameRegion CodeOn-Demand Price
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)Lowest
ap-south-1$0.0670
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
ap-northeast-2$0.1270
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
ap-southeast-1$0.1290
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
ap-southeast-2$0.1300
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
ap-northeast-1$0.1340
AWS GovCloud (US-West)
us-gov-west-1$0.1310
Canada (Central)
ca-central-1$0.1150
EU (Frankfurt)
eu-central-1$0.1250
EU (Ireland)
eu-west-1$0.1150
EU (London)
eu-west-2$0.1200
EU (Paris)
eu-west-3$0.1210
South America (Sao Paulo)Highest
sa-east-1$0.1650
US East (N. Virginia)
us-east-1$0.1030
US East (Ohio)
us-east-2$0.1030
US West (N. California)
us-west-1$0.1220
US West (Oregon)
us-west-2$0.1030