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c5a.2xlarge pricing and specs in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

8 vCPU · 16 GiB · Up to 10 Gigabit · AMD EPYC 7R32

$0.1880/hour on-demand · $137/month (Linux, Shared)

c5a.2xlarge is a compute-optimized EC2 instance with 8 vCPU and 16 GiB, generation 5 of the c family. On-demand it costs $0.1880 an hour, about $137 a month if it runs all month. A one-year commitment with nothing up front works out at $0.1180 an hour and pays for itself above roughly 458 hours a month; below that, on-demand is cheaper. The three-year options go down to $0.0707 an hour, 62% below on-demand. The newer c6g.2xlarge offers the same size for $0.1704 an hour, 9% less and moves to Graviton. Asia Pacific (Mumbai) is already the cheapest region for c5a.2xlarge.

Pricing by OS (hourly, USD, Shared)

OptionLinuxWindowsRHELSUSE
On-Demand$0.1880$0.5560$0.3030$0.3130
Spot$0.1172$0.3943——
1y Std RI NU$0.1180$0.4860$0.2340$0.1780
1y Std RI PU$0.1124$0.4804$0.2284$0.1724
1y Std RI AU$0.1105$0.4785$0.2258$0.1704
3y Std RI NU$0.0810$0.4490$0.1960$0.1350
3y Std RI PU$0.0756$0.4436$0.1906$0.1296
3y Std RI AU$0.0707$0.4387$0.1859$0.1247
1y Conv RI NU$0.1460$0.5140$0.2610$0.2060
3y Conv RI NU$0.0980$0.4660$0.2130$0.1520
1y Compute SP NU$0.1460$0.5140$0.2610$0.2060
3y Compute SP NU$0.0980$0.4660$0.2130$0.1520
1y EC2 SP NU$0.1180$0.4860$0.2340$0.1780
3y EC2 SP NU$0.0810$0.4490$0.1960$0.1350

Spot by AZ (7-day p50, Linux): ap-south-1b $0.1172 · ap-south-1a $0.1185 · ap-south-1c $0.1068

Newer generations of the same size

Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.

Graviton-eligible → c6g.2xlarge (-9%)
Type$/hPrice ΔvCPU per $ ΔSaves / mo
c6g.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1704-9%+10%$13
c6a.2xlarge$0.1870-0.5%+0.5%$1
c6gd.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1960+4%-4%$-6
c7g.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1963+4%-4%$-6
c8g.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.2159+15%-13%$-20
c7gd.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.2304+23%-18%$-31
c8gd.2xlarge Graviton arch change$0.2488+32%-24%$-44
c7i-flex.2xlarge$0.3392+80%-45%$-110

Cheapest regions for c5a.2xlarge

RegionOn-Demand $/hvs ap-south-1Saves / mo
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.1880current—
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.3080+64%$-88
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.3080+64%$-88
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.3080+64%$-88
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.3280+74%$-102
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.3360+79%$-108

Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.

Price history (ap-south-1)

Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.

DateOD LinuxOD Windows1y RI3y RISpot p50
2026-10-13$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1172
2026-10-12$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1162
2026-10-08$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1141
2026-10-07$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1124
2026-10-06$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1123
2026-10-05$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1128
2026-10-02$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1131
2026-10-01$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1126
2026-09-30$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1125
2026-09-29$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1103
2026-09-28$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1063
2026-09-27$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1039
2026-09-24$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1037
2026-09-23$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1041
2026-09-22$0.1880$0.5560$0.1180$0.0810$0.1043

All attributes

vCPU
8
Cores / threads per core
4 / 2
Memory
16 GiB
Memory per vCPU
2.00 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC 7R32
Architecture
x86_64
Sustained clock
3.3 GHz
Hypervisor
nitro
Generation
Current
Burstable
No
Bare metal
No
Free tier eligible
No
Network performance
Up to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline / burst
2.5 / 10.0 Gbps
Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
4 × 15
IPv6 / ENA / EFA
IPv6 / ENA / —
EBS optimized
Yes
EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
800 / 3170 Mbps
EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
3,200 / 13300
EBS NVMe
required
Instance storage
EBS only
GPU
—
Placement groups
cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
No / Yes
Dedicated hosts
—
Boot modes
legacy-bios, uefi
Spot supported
Yes

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