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c5a.xlarge

Data updated at: October 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM UTC

Amazon EC2 instance c5a.xlarge with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB RAM . Available in 22 regions starting from $68.62 per month.
Instance Typec5a.xlarge
Instance FamilyCompute optimized
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
5 – Generation
a – AMD processor
xlarge – Size
vCPUs4
Memory8 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R32
Clock Speed3.3 GHz
Threads Per Core2
Accelerators
GPUno
Inference Acceleratorno
FPGAno
Instances
Sizesc5a.large, c5a.xlarge, c5a.2xlarge, c5a.4xlarge, c5a.8xlarge, c5a.12xlarge, c5a.16xlarge, c5a.24xlarge
Generationsc5a.xlarge, c6a.xlarge, c7a.xlarge
Variantsc5.xlarge, c5ad.xlarge, c5d.xlarge, c5n.xlarge
Free Tierno
Burstableno
Hibernationno
Instance StorageEBS only
EBS (Elastic Block Store)
EBS Optimizeddefault
Encryptionsupported
NVMerequired
Dedicated Throughputup to 3170 MBps
Optimized Baseline Bandwidth400 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Throughput50 Mbps
Optimized Baseline Performance1600 IOPS
Optimized Max Performance13300 IOPS
Optimized Max Bandwidth3170 Mbps
Optimized Max Throughput396.25 Mbps
Networking
Networking PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit
Enhanced Networkingyes
Max Interfaces4
Max Cards1
IPv4 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Addresses per Interface15
IPv6 Supportyes
ENA Supportrequired
EFA Supportno
Encryption in Transit Supportyes
ENA SRD Supportno

Regional Availability

US
GovCloud (US-East) / us-gov-east-1
GovCloud (US-West) / us-gov-west-1
US East (Ohio) / us-east-2
US East (Virginia) / us-east-1
US West (N. California) / us-west-1
US West (Oregon) / us-west-2
Central America
Mexico (Central) / mx-central-1
Canada
Canada (Central) / ca-central-1
Canada West (Calgary) / ca-west-1
Europe
Europe (Ireland) / eu-west-1
Europe (London) / eu-west-2
Europe (Frankfurt) / eu-central-1
Europe (Milan) / eu-south-1
Europe (Paris) / eu-west-3
Europe (Spain) / eu-south-2
Europe (Stockholm) / eu-north-1
Europe (Zurich) / eu-central-2
Africa
Africa (Cape Town) / af-south-1
South America
South America (São Paulo) / sa-east-1
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) / ap-east-1
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) / ap-south-2
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) / ap-southeast-3
Asia Pacific (Malaysia) / ap-southeast-5
Asia Pacific (Melbourne) / ap-southeast-4
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) / ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (New Zealand) / ap-southeast-6
Asia Pacific (Osaka) / ap-northeast-3
Asia Pacific (Seoul) / ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Singapore) / ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Sydney) / ap-southeast-2
Asia Pacific (Taipei) / ap-east-2
Asia Pacific (Thailand) / ap-southeast-7
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) / ap-northeast-1
Middle East
Israel (Tel Aviv) / il-central-1
Middle East (Bahrain) / me-south-1
Middle East (UAE) / me-central-1

Regional Prices

Geography
Region Name
Region
Savings Options
Instance Price
Asia PacificAsia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1compare0.0940
HiddenHiddenhidden-1compare0.1540
USUS East (Virginia)us-east-1compare0.1540
USUS East (Ohio)us-east-2compare0.1540
HiddenHiddenhidden-2compare0.1640
HiddenHiddenhidden-3compare0.1680
HiddenHiddenhidden-4compare0.1720
HiddenHiddenhidden-5compare0.1720
HiddenHiddenhidden-6compare0.1740
HiddenHiddenhidden-7compare0.1760
HiddenHiddenhidden-10compare0.1820
HiddenHiddenhidden-8compare0.1820
HiddenHiddenhidden-9compare0.1820
HiddenHiddenhidden-11compare0.1840
HiddenHiddenhidden-12compare0.1840
HiddenHiddenhidden-13compare0.1900
HiddenHiddenhidden-14compare0.1900
HiddenHiddenhidden-15compare0.1920
HiddenHiddenhidden-16compare0.1940
HiddenHiddenhidden-17compare0.2000
HiddenHiddenhidden-18compare0.2060
HiddenHiddenhidden-19compare0.2360
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