c3.xlarge

c3.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 7.5 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.21 per hour on demand ($153.30 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.146 per hour, 30% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0656 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$0.21$0.0656$0.146–$0.153$0.131
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.21$0.0732$0.146–$0.153$0.131
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.23–––––
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.239$0.0842$0.18–$0.189$0.162
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.239$0.0747$0.18$0.119$0.189$0.162
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.252–$0.176–$0.183$0.158
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.255$0.0874$0.194–$0.212$0.175
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.258$0.0991$0.192–$0.204$0.173
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.265$0.092$0.196–$0.204$0.176
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.265$0.089$0.196–$0.204$0.176
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.325$0.0588$0.246–$0.267$0.221
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$0.21$0.146–
RHEL$0.268$0.19–
Linux SQL Web$0.278$0.2–
SUSE$0.31$0.182–
RHEL SQL Web$0.335––
RHEL HA$0.338$0.26–
Windows$0.376$0.329–
Windows SQL Web$0.542$0.386–
Linux SQL Std$0.69$0.613–
RHEL SQL Std$0.748––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.818––
Windows SQL Std$1.066$0.771–
Linux SQL Ent$1.71$1.633–
RHEL SQL Ent$1.768––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.838––
Windows SQL Ent$1.894$1.833–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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
ECU14
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)7.5
NetworkingValue
NetworkModerate
Network baseline0.7 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
Storage2 x 40 SSD
Local disks2 × 40 GB SSD
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,000
EBS max IOPS4,000
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec3.xlarge
Familyc3
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationNo
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c3.xlarge

Other generations

vs c4.xlarge

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.