c3.large

c3.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 3.75 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.105 per hour on demand ($76.65 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.073 per hour, 30% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0261 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$0.105$0.0261$0.073–$0.076$0.066
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.105$0.0331$0.073–$0.076$0.066
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.115–––––
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.12$0.0409$0.09–$0.094$0.081
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.12$0.0175$0.09$0.06$0.094$0.081
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.126–$0.088–$0.091$0.079
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.128$0.0448$0.097–$0.106$0.087
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.129$0.0436$0.096–$0.102$0.086
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.132$0.0415$0.098–$0.102$0.088
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.132$0.0382$0.098–$0.102$0.088
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.163$0.0163$0.123–$0.133$0.111
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$0.105$0.073–
RHEL$0.134$0.095–
RHEL HA$0.169$0.13–
Linux SQL Web$0.173$0.134–
Windows$0.188$0.165–
RHEL SQL Web$0.201––
SUSE$0.205$0.109–
Windows SQL Web$0.271$0.192–
Windows SQL Std$0.561$0.406–
Linux SQL Std$0.585$0.546–
RHEL SQL Std$0.614––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.649––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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
ECU7
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)3.75
NetworkingValue
NetworkModerate
Network baseline0.5 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
Storage2 x 16 SSD
Local disks2 × 16 GB SSD
EBS optimizedNo
EBS over NVMeNo
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec3.large
Familyc3
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c3.large

Other generations

vs c4.large

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.