c3.4xlarge

c3.4xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 30 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.84 per hour on demand ($613.20 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.584 per hour, 30% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3109 per hour. It is sold in 11 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.84$0.3109$0.584–$0.611$0.526
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.84$0.3242$0.584–$0.611$0.526
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.919–––––
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.956$0.3871$0.72–$0.755$0.648
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.956$0.2246$0.72$0.478$0.755$0.648
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$1.008–$0.704–$0.73$0.634
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$1.021$0.2977$0.776–$0.848$0.698
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$1.032$0.3813$0.768–$0.815$0.691
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$1.058$0.2872$0.784–$0.817$0.706
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$1.058$0.3518$0.784–$0.817$0.706
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$1.30$0.1466$0.984–$1.066$0.886
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$0.84$0.584–
SUSE$0.94$0.62–
RHEL$1.013$0.704–
Linux SQL Web$1.11$0.801–
RHEL HA$1.237$0.928–
RHEL SQL Web$1.283––
Windows$1.504$1.317–
Windows SQL Web$2.166$1.54–
Linux SQL Std$2.76$2.451–
RHEL SQL Std$2.933––
RHEL HA SQL Std$3.157––
Windows SQL Std$4.262$3.084–
Linux SQL Ent$6.84$6.531–
RHEL SQL Ent$7.013––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$7.237––
Windows SQL Ent$7.576$7.329–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Physical cores8
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU55
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)30
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline2 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
Storage2 x 160 SSD
Local disks2 × 160 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput250 MB/s
EBS max throughput250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,000
EBS max IOPS16,000
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec3.4xlarge
Familyc3
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor32
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c3.4xlarge

Other generations

vs c4.4xlarge

Other c3 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c3.large23.75$0.105
c3.xlarge47.5$0.21
c3.2xlarge815$0.42
c3.4xlarge1630$0.84
c3.8xlarge3260$1.68

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