c1.xlarge

c1.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 7 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Family). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.52 per hour on demand ($379.60 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.364 per hour, 30% less. Spot capacity is about $0.13 per hour. It is sold in 9 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.52$0.13$0.364$0.419$0.258
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.52$0.1562$0.364$0.419$0.258
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.592$0.2319$0.444$0.511$0.338
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.592$0.1308$0.444$0.511$0.338
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.628–$0.432$0.497$0.318
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.632$0.1738$0.48$0.552$0.38
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.655$0.1786$0.488$0.561$0.367
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.655$0.2461$0.488$0.561$0.367
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.718$0.0718$0.52$0.598$0.403
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by region

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.52$0.364–
SUSE$0.62$0.4–
RHEL$0.64$0.479–
Windows$0.84$0.719–
Windows SQL Web$1.16$0.793–
Windows SQL Std$2.124$1.537–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores8
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
CPU makerIntel
BurstableNo
ECU20
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)7
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline1 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6No
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage4 x 420 SSD
Local disks4 × 420 GB HDD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,000
EBS max IOPS8,000
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec1.xlarge
Familyc1
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Other c1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c1.medium21.7$0.13
c1.xlarge87$0.52

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.