c5.large
c5.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.085 per hour on demand ($62.05 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.054 per hour, 36% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0269 per hour. It is sold in 31 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.085 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.085 | $0.0344 | $0.054 | $0.037 | $0.066 | $0.044 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.085 | $0.0085 | $0.054 | $0.037 | $0.066 | $0.044 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.085 | $0.0269 | $0.054 | $0.036 | $0.062 | $0.041 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.085 | $0.0264 | $0.054 | $0.035 | $0.062 | $0.041 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.085 | $0.0239 | $0.054 | $0.036 | $0.062 | $0.041 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.091 | $0.0117 | $0.057 | $0.039 | $0.072 | $0.05 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.093 | $0.0356 | $0.059 | $0.039 | $0.072 | $0.045 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.093 | $0.0354 | $0.059 | $0.039 | $0.072 | $0.045 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.096 | $0.0176 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.075 | $0.054 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.096 | $0.0332 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.076 | $0.053 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.096 | $0.0386 | $0.06 | $0.041 | $0.076 | $0.053 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.097 | $0.0473 | $0.061 | $0.042 | $0.077 | $0.055 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.098 | $0.0354 | $0.062 | $0.042 | $0.076 | $0.051 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.098 | $0.0098 | $0.062 | $0.042 | $0.076 | $0.051 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.101 | $0.021 | $0.064 | $0.044 | $0.08 | $0.056 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.101 | $0.0341 | $0.064 | $0.044 | $0.08 | $0.056 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.101 | $0.0364 | $0.064 | $0.044 | $0.08 | $0.056 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.101 | $0.0439 | $0.064 | $0.044 | $0.08 | $0.056 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.102 | – | $0.064 | $0.041 | $0.074 | $0.047 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.102 | – | $0.064 | $0.041 | $0.074 | $0.047 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.106 | $0.0263 | $0.067 | $0.046 | $0.084 | $0.058 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.106 | $0.0356 | $0.067 | $0.046 | $0.084 | $0.058 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.106 | $0.0277 | $0.067 | $0.046 | $0.083 | $0.057 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.107 | $0.0343 | $0.067 | $0.046 | $0.088 | $0.063 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.107 | $0.0456 | $0.067 | $0.046 | $0.088 | $0.063 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.107 | $0.0369 | $0.067 | $0.046 | $0.085 | $0.061 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.108 | $0.0358 | $0.068 | $0.047 | $0.084 | $0.056 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.111 | $0.0411 | $0.07 | $0.048 | $0.081 | $0.057 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.111 | $0.03 | $0.07 | $0.048 | $0.081 | $0.057 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.114 | $0.0405 | $0.072 | $0.049 | $0.09 | $0.063 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.131 | $0.025 | $0.083 | $0.057 | $0.107 | $0.07 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.085 | $0.054 | $0.036 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.089 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.114 | $0.082 | $0.064 |
| SUSE | $0.141 | $0.087 | $0.069 |
| RHEL HA | $0.149 | $0.117 | $0.099 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.153 | $0.121 | $0.103 |
| Windows | $0.177 | $0.146 | $0.128 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.181 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.245 | $0.213 | $0.195 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.565 | $0.534 | $0.516 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.594 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.629 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.657 | $0.626 | $0.608 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.4 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo |
| Burstable | No |
| ECU | 10 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.75 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 10 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 2250 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 650 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 4,750 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 81.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 593.75 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 4,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 20,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c5.large |
| Family | c5 |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 4 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c5.large | 2 | 4 | $0.085 |
| c5.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.17 |
| c5.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.34 |
| c5.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.68 |
| c5.9xlarge | 36 | 72 | $1.53 |
| c5.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $2.04 |
| c5.18xlarge | 72 | 144 | $3.06 |
| c5.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.08 |
| c5.metal | 96 | 192 | $4.08 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.