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m5ad.xlarge pricing and specs in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

4 vCPU · 16 GiB · Up to 10 Gigabit · AMD EPYC 7571

$0.1340/hour on-demand · $98/month (Linux, Shared)

Pricing by os (hourly, USD, Shared)

OptionLinuxWindowsRHELSUSE
On-Demand$0.1340$0.3180$0.1920$0.1910
Spot$0.0604$0.1986
1y Std RI NU$0.0850$0.2690$0.1420$0.1350
1y Std RI PU$0.0803$0.2643$0.1383$0.1302
1y Std RI AU$0.0789$0.2629$0.1365$0.1289
3y Std RI NU$0.0580$0.2420$0.1160$0.1030
3y Std RI PU$0.0538$0.2378$0.1108$0.0984
3y Std RI AU$0.0505$0.2345$0.1081$0.0955
1y Conv RI NU$0.0990$0.2830$0.1570$0.1490
3y Conv RI NU$0.0670$0.2510$0.1250$0.1120
1y Compute SP NU$0.0990$0.2830$0.1570$0.1490
3y Compute SP NU$0.0670$0.2510$0.1250$0.1120
1y EC2 SP NU$0.0850$0.2690$0.1420$0.1350
3y EC2 SP NU$0.0580$0.2420$0.1160$0.1030

Spot by AZ (7-day p50, Linux): ap-south-1a $0.0677 · ap-south-1b $0.0594 · ap-south-1c $0.0604

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 → m6g.xlarge (-24%)
Type$/hPrice ΔvCPU per $ ΔSaves / mo
m6g.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1012-24%+32%$24
m5a.xlarge$0.1110-17%+21%$17
m6a.xlarge$0.1111-17%+21%$17
m7g.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1166-13%+15%$13
m6gd.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1208-10%+11%$10
m8g.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1283-4%+4%$4
m7gd.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1420+6%-6%$-6
m8gd.xlarge Graviton arch change$0.1534+14%-13%$-14

Cheapest regions for m5ad.xlarge

RegionOn-Demand $/hvs ap-south-1Saves / mo
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.1340current
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.2060+54%$-53
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.2060+54%$-53
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.2060+54%$-53
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.2300+72%$-70
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2300+72%$-70

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
2026-09-22$0.1340$0.3180$0.0850$0.0580$0.0604

All attributes

vCPU
4
Cores / threads per core
2 / 2
Memory
16 GiB
Memory per vCPU
4.00 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC 7571
Architecture
x86_64
Sustained clock
2.2 GHz
Hypervisor
nitro
Generation
Current
Burstable
No
Bare metal
No
Free tier eligible
No
Network performance
Up to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline / burst
1.25 / 10.0 Gbps
Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
4 × 15
IPv6 / ENA / EFA
IPv6 / ENA / —
EBS optimized
Yes
EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
1085 / 2880 Mbps
EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
6,000 / 16000
EBS NVMe
required
Instance storage
150 GB NVMe SSD
GPU
Placement groups
cluster, partition, spread
Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
Yes / Yes
Dedicated hosts
Boot modes
legacy-bios, uefi
Spot supported
Yes

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