c5d.large
Compute optimized · c5d series · Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 4 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.0960
- Per month
- $70.08
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0480
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0240
Analysis
The c5d.large is a compute optimized instance in the c5d series with 2 vCPUs and 4 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M (up to 3.4 GHz), which makes it compute-heavy at 2 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Within the same generation and size, the c5a.large on AMD EPYC 7R32 costs $0.0770/hour, 20% less ($13.87 a month). The other variants are the c5.large at $0.0850, the c5ad.large at $0.0860 and the c5n.large at $0.1080.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $38.69 a month per instance: $0.0960/hour against $0.1490/hour, a 55% spread.
Reserving it for a year with no upfront payment cuts the Linux rate to $0.0600/hour, which beats on demand once it runs more than 62% of the time; three years brings it to $0.0400/hour, 58% below on demand. Windows Server roughly doubles the bill at $0.1880/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.
It has local instance storage (1 x 50 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: Up to 10 Gigabit.
Looking beyond its own line, 21 of 36 current types with 2 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the t4g.medium on AWS Graviton2 at $0.0336/hour. It is burstable, so it only suits workloads that do not run the CPU flat out.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.0960 | $0.1880 | $0.0600 | $0.0400 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.0960 | $0.1880 | $0.0600 | $0.0400 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.0960 | $0.1880 | $0.0600 | $0.0400 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.1060 | $0.1980 | $0.0670 | $0.0440 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.1490 | $0.2410 | $0.0940 | $0.0640 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.1090 | $0.2010 | $0.0690 | $0.0470 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.1150 | $0.2070 | $0.0720 | $0.0500 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.1110 | $0.2030 | $0.0700 | $0.0480 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.0990 | $0.1910 | $0.0620 | $0.0430 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.1120 | $0.2040 | $0.0710 | $0.0480 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.1260 | $0.2180 | $0.0790 | $0.0540 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.1220 | $0.2140 | $0.0770 | $0.0530 |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs c5d.large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.medium AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 4 GiB | $0.0336 | -65% |
| t3a.medium AMD EPYC 7571 | 2 | 4 GiB | $0.0376 | -61% |
| t3.medium Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | 2 | 4 GiB | $0.0416 | -57% |
| t2.medium Intel Xeon Family | 2 | 4 GiB | $0.0464 | -52% |
| t8i.medium Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids) | 2 | 4 GiB | $0.0499 | -48% |
| c6g.large AWS Graviton2 Processor | 2 | 4 GiB | $0.0680 | -29% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 2 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 4 GiB (2.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M |
| Clock | 3.4 GHz |
| Storage | 1 x 50 NVMe SSD |
| Network | Up to 10 Gigabit |
c5d sizes
| c5d.large | 2 vCPU | $0.0960 |
| c5d.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.1920 |
| c5d.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.3840 |
| c5d.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $0.7680 |
| c5d.9xlarge | 36 vCPU | $1.73 |
| c5d.12xlarge | 48 vCPU | $2.30 |
| c5d.18xlarge | 72 vCPU | $3.46 |
| c5d.24xlarge | 96 vCPU | $4.61 |