c6a.12xlarge

c6a.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 96 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $1.836 per hour on demand ($1,340.28 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.214 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.6006 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.122 per hour.

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
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$1.122$0.502$0.7429$0.5089$0.8552$0.5845
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$1.122$0.1122$0.7422$0.5089$0.8723$0.5825
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$1.836$0.6006$1.214$0.8083$1.327$0.8865
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$1.836$0.4759$1.214$0.8083$1.327$0.8865
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$1.836$0.6704$1.214$0.8083$1.327$0.8865
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$1.97$0.9824$1.304$0.8981$1.505$1.029
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.009$0.4492$1.334$0.8818$1.524$0.9681
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.095$0.8144$1.381$0.9504$1.595$1.087
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.117$0.7331$1.405$0.9602$1.607$1.096
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.182$0.6086$1.44$0.9914$1.651$1.136
US West (N. California) us-west-1$2.29$0.7313$1.512$1.041$1.747$1.204
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$2.311$0.8805$1.524$1.053$1.754$1.203
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$2.333–$1.543$1.058$1.772$1.207
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$2.398$0.9189$1.583$1.089$1.758$1.236
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$2.83$0.3894$1.869$1.285$2.155$1.467
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by regionAzure equivalents

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$1.836$1.214$0.8083
Ubuntu Pro$1.92––
SUSE$1.961$1.274$0.8623
RHEL$2.354$1.733$1.327
Linux SQL Web$2.647$2.026$1.619
RHEL HA$3.026$2.405$1.999
RHEL SQL Web$3.166––
Windows$4.044$3.422$3.016
Windows SQL Web$4.855$4.234$3.828
Linux SQL Std$7.596$6.974$6.568
RHEL SQL Std$8.114––
RHEL HA SQL Std$8.786––
Windows SQL Std$9.804$9.182$8.776
Linux SQL Ent$19.836$19.215$18.808
RHEL SQL Ent$20.354––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$21.026––
Windows SQL Ent$22.044$21.422$21.016

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores24
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speed3.6 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)96
NetworkingValue
Network18.75 Gbps
Network baseline18.75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec6a.12xlarge
Familyc6a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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Other generations

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Other c6a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c6a.large24$0.0765
c6a.xlarge48$0.153
c6a.2xlarge816$0.306
c6a.4xlarge1632$0.612
c6a.8xlarge3264$1.224
c6a.12xlarge4896$1.836
c6a.16xlarge64128$2.448
c6a.24xlarge96192$3.672
c6a.32xlarge128256$4.896
c6a.48xlarge192384$7.344
c6a.metal192384$7.344

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