c5ad.12xlarge by Amazon Web Services
(All-cores)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | aws |
Name | c5ad.12xlarge |
Description | Compute optimized [AMD processors] [Instance store volumes] Gen5 12xlarge |
Family | c5ad |
Hw Virt | |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-07-12T09:32:02.226228 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Northern Virgina (US) / us-east-1 | 0.91682 USD/h | 2.064 USD/h |
Ohio (US) / us-east-2 | 0.8678 USD/h | 2.064 USD/h |
Oregon (US) / us-west-2 | 0.91 USD/h | 2.064 USD/h |
Dublin (IE) / eu-west-1 | 1.201467 USD/h | 2.352 USD/h |
Frankfurt (DE) / eu-central-1 | 1.0493 USD/h | 2.4 USD/h |
Singapore (SG) / ap-southeast-1 | 0.898 USD/h | 2.424 USD/h |
Milan (IT) / eu-south-1 | 0.4056 USD/h | 2.472 USD/h |
Sydney (AU) / ap-southeast-2 | 0.9942 USD/h | 2.712 USD/h |
Cape Town (ZA) / af-south-1 | 0.422333 USD/h | 2.808 USD/h |
Sao Paulo (BR) / sa-east-1 | 1.69965 USD/h | 3.216 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 48 |
Hypervisor | nitro |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Cores | 24 |
CPU Speed | 3.3 GHz |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
CPU Manufacturer | AMD |
CPU Family | EPYC |
CPU Model | 7R32 |
CPU L1D Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1D Cache Total | 768 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache | 32 KiB |
CPU L1I Cache Total | 768 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache | 512 KiB |
CPU L2 Cache Total | 12 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache | 16 MiB |
CPU L3 Cache Total | 96 MiB |
CPU Flags | fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ht, syscall, nx, mmxext, fxsr_opt, pdpe1gb, rdtscp, lm, constant_tsc, rep_good, nopl, nonstop_tsc, cpuid, extd_apicid, aperfmperf, tsc_known_freq, pni, pclmulqdq, ssse3, fma, cx16, sse4_1, sse4_2, movbe, popcnt, aes, xsave, avx, f16c, rdrand, hypervisor, lahf_lm, cmp_legacy, cr8_legacy, abm, sse4a, misalignsse, 3dnowprefetch, topoext, ssbd, ibrs, ibpb, stibp, vmmcall, fsgsbase, bmi1, avx2, smep, bmi2, rdseed, adx, smap, clflushopt, clwb, sha_ni, xsaveopt, xsavec, xgetbv1, clzero, xsaveerptr, rdpru, wbnoinvd, arat, npt, nrip_save, rdpid |
Ecpus | 24.1 |
Scalability | 100.42 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 96 GiB |
Memory Amount Actual | 96 GiB |
Memory Generation | DDR4 |
Memory Speed | 2933 Mhz |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 1800 GB |
Storage Type | nvme ssd |
Storages |
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| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Network Speed Baseline | 12 Gbps |
Network Speed Max | 12 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Baseline | 4.75 Gbps |
Network Storage Speed Max | 4.75 Gbps |
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
A compute-optimized instance featuring forty-eight vCPUs, fast DDR4 memory, and high-speed local NVMe SSD storage for multi-threaded workloads.
The Amazon Web Services c5ad.12xlarge is an x86_64 compute-optimized instance featuring 48 vCPUs powered by an AMD EPYC 7R32 processor running at 3.3 GHz. It is equipped with 96.0 GB of DDR4 memory and 1800 GB of local NVMe SSD storage, operating on the AWS Nitro hypervisor with a baseline network bandwidth of 12 Gbps. Benchmark data reveals a tradeoff, with poor single-core performance but average multi-core execution and strong performance in cryptographic and memory operations, ranking in the top 25% for Passmark encryption and memory tests. Lacking a GPU, this instance is optimized for CPU-bound, multi-threaded workloads. It is highly suited for batch processing, software compilation, database operations, and web serving workloads that require high-speed local scratch storage.
Economics
Performance
Workload Profiles
Memory Bandwidth
Compression
OpenSSL
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Passmark CPU Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Mark | 46135 |
Compression | 710989 |
Encryption | 51205 |
Extended Instructions | 44661 |
Floating Point Maths | 96629 |
Integer Maths | 161950 |
Physics | 4594 |
Prime Numbers | 235 |
Single Threaded | 2111 |
String Sorting | 93676 |
Passmark Memory Scores
| BENCHMARK | SCORE |
|---|---|
Memory Mark | 2889 |
Database Operations | 16391 |
Memory Latency | 51 |
Memory Read Cached | 24529 |
Memory Read Uncached | 12930 |
Memory Write | 13368 |
Stress-ng Raw Scores
Stress-ng Relative Multicore Performance
LLM Inference Speed for Prompt Processing
LLM Inference Speed for Text Generation
Static Web Server
Redis
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| c5ad.large | 2 | 4 GiB | 0 |
| c5ad.xlarge | 4 | 8 GiB | 0 |
| c5ad.2xlarge | 8 | 16 GiB | 0 |
| c5ad.4xlarge | 16 | 32 GiB | 0 |
| c5ad.8xlarge | 32 | 64 GiB | 0 |
| c5ad.16xlarge | 64 | 128 GiB | 0 |
| c5ad.24xlarge | 96 | 192 GiB | 0 |
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