c4.2xlarge

c4.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 15 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.398 per hour on demand ($290.54 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.252 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.139 per hour. It is sold in 16 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$0.398$0.139$0.252$0.177$0.29$0.204
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.398$0.0932$0.252$0.177$0.29$0.204
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.398$0.1371$0.252$0.177$0.29$0.204
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.4$0.1181$0.271$0.192$0.312$0.221
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.438$0.1141$0.294$0.199$0.338$0.229
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.453$0.1642$0.311$0.238$0.357$0.273
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.454$0.1257$0.307$0.238$0.353$0.273
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.454$0.175$0.315$0.242$0.362$0.278
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.462$0.1471$0.315$0.225$0.362$0.258
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.476$0.1233$0.328$0.251$0.377$0.288
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.479–$0.302$0.207$0.348$0.238
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.498$0.1274$0.34$0.246$0.391$0.283
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.504$0.1056$0.361$0.276$0.415$0.318
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.504$0.1402$0.361$0.276$0.415$0.318
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.522$0.1716$0.336$0.251$0.386$0.288
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.618$0.0835$0.441$0.311$0.507$0.358
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$0.398$0.252$0.177
Ubuntu Pro$0.414––
SUSE$0.498$0.285$0.21
RHEL$0.515$0.367$0.292
Linux SQL Web$0.535$0.387$0.312
RHEL SQL Web$0.65––
RHEL HA$0.655$0.507$0.432
Windows$0.766$0.62$0.545
Windows SQL Web$1.296$0.761$0.686
Linux SQL Std$1.36$1.212$1.137
RHEL SQL Std$1.475––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.615––
Windows SQL Std$3.019$2.525$2.798
Linux SQL Ent$3.40$3.252$3.177
RHEL SQL Ent$3.515––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.655––
Windows SQL Ent$3.766$3.62$3.545

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntel
Clock speed2.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNo
ECU31
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)15
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput1000 Mbps
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 volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4.2xlarge
Familyc4
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c4.2xlarge

Compute and memory optimized

vs m4.2xlargevs r4.2xlarge

Other generations

vs c3.2xlargevs c5.2xlarge

Other c4 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c4.large23.75$0.1
c4.xlarge47.5$0.199
c4.2xlarge815$0.398
c4.4xlarge1630$0.796
c4.8xlarge3660$1.591

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