ecs.g5.16xlarge by Alibaba Cloud

ecs.g5.16xlarge is a ecs.g5 family (64 vCPUs, 256 GiB RAM, 0 GB storage) server offered by Alibaba Cloud with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB of memory and 0 GB of storage. The pricing starts at 0.8685 USD per hour.
64 vCPU
256 GiB Memory
Spare SCore
-
(All-cores)
-
(Single-core)

Specifications

Server Metadata

Vendor ID
alicloud
Name
ecs.g5.16xlarge
Description
ecs.g5 family (64 vCPUs, 256 GiB RAM, 0 GB storage)
Family
ecs.g5
Hw Virt
-
Status
active
Observed At
2026-10-24T11:32:00.641090

Availability

REGION / IDSPOTONDEMAND
Jakarta (ID) / ap-southeast-5
0.8685 USD/h 3.776 USD/h
Shenzhen (CN) / cn-shenzhen
- 4.53 USD/h

Processor

vCPUs
64
Hypervisor
KVM
CPU Allocation
Dedicated
CPU Speed
2.5 GHz
CPU Architecture
x86_64
CPU Manufacturer
Intel
CPU Family
Xeon
CPU Model
8163

System Resources and Accelerators

MEMORY
Memory Amount
256 GiB
ACCELERATORS
Accelerator Count
0
Accelerator Memory Min
0 MiB
Accelerator Memory Total
0 MiB
Accelerators
    STORAGE
    Storage Size
    0 GB
    Storages
      NETWORK
      Network Speed Baseline
      20 Gbps
      Inbound Traffic
      0 GB/month
      Outbound Traffic
      0 GB/month
      IPv4
      0

      Server Description

      A high-density general-purpose compute node offering 64 dedicated vCPUs, 256 GB RAM, and 20 Gbps network bandwidth for enterprise applications.

      General Purpose

      Alibaba Cloud ecs.g5.16xlarge is a general-purpose cloud instance built on x86_64 architecture using KVM virtualization. Powered by an Intel Xeon 8163 processor running at 2.5 GHz, it provides 64 dedicated vCPUs and 256.0 GB of RAM, maintaining a standard 1:4 ratio of 4.0 GB per vCPU. The server delivers 20 Gbps of baseline network bandwidth but includes no local disk storage, necessitating remote block storage solutions for data persistence. The absence of local disk drives focuses cost efficiency on compute density and network performance rather than on-board storage. This configuration supports multi-threaded enterprise workloads, medium-to-large databases, web application clusters, and backend processing tasks that demand high core counts and significant system memory.

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