c4.xlarge

c4.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 7.5 GiB memory (Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.199 per hour on demand ($145.27 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.126 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0625 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$0.199$0.0625$0.126$0.089$0.145$0.102
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.199$0.0403$0.126$0.089$0.145$0.102
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.199$0.0764$0.126$0.089$0.145$0.102
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.2$0.0678$0.136$0.096$0.156$0.111
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.218$0.0873$0.147$0.099$0.169$0.114
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.226$0.0737$0.155$0.119$0.179$0.137
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.227$0.0669$0.153$0.119$0.176$0.137
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.227$0.0824$0.158$0.121$0.181$0.139
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.231$0.0726$0.158$0.112$0.181$0.129
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.237$0.0687$0.164$0.125$0.188$0.144
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.239–$0.151$0.104$0.174$0.119
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.249$0.0684$0.17$0.123$0.196$0.142
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.252$0.0622$0.181$0.138$0.208$0.159
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.252$0.068$0.181$0.138$0.208$0.159
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.261$0.0838$0.168$0.125$0.193$0.144
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.309$0.0491$0.22$0.156$0.254$0.179
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$0.199$0.126$0.089
Ubuntu Pro$0.207––
RHEL$0.258$0.184$0.146
Linux SQL Web$0.268$0.194$0.156
SUSE$0.299$0.159$0.122
RHEL SQL Web$0.325––
RHEL HA$0.328$0.254$0.216
Windows$0.383$0.31$0.273
Windows SQL Web$0.624$0.381$0.344
Linux SQL Std$0.68$0.606$0.569
RHEL SQL Std$0.738––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.808––
Windows SQL Std$1.51$1.27$1.40
Linux SQL Ent$1.70$1.626$1.589
RHEL SQL Ent$1.758––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.828––
Windows SQL Ent$1.883$1.81$1.773

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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
ECU16
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)7.5
NetworkingValue
NetworkHigh
Network baseline1.25 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeNo
EBS throughput750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput93.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput93.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS6,000
Max EBS volumes40
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4.xlarge
Familyc4
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Compare c4.xlarge

Compute and memory optimized

vs m4.xlargevs r4.xlarge

Other generations

vs c3.xlargevs c5.xlarge

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.