c6a.16xlarge

c6a.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.448 per hour on demand ($1,787.04 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.619 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.7818 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $1.496 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$1.496$0.6232$0.9905$0.6786$1.14$0.7793
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$1.496$0.1496$0.9896$0.6786$1.163$0.7767
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.448$0.7818$1.619$1.078$1.769$1.182
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.448$0.6894$1.619$1.078$1.769$1.182
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.448$0.9367$1.619$1.078$1.769$1.182
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.627$1.274$1.739$1.198$2.007$1.372
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$2.678$0.7053$1.778$1.176$2.032$1.291
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.794$1.262$1.842$1.267$2.126$1.449
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.822$1.032$1.873$1.28$2.142$1.462
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.909$0.964$1.92$1.322$2.201$1.515
US West (N. California) us-west-1$3.053$1.071$2.016$1.388$2.329$1.605
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.082$1.256$2.032$1.404$2.339$1.604
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$3.11–$2.058$1.411$2.363$1.609
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$3.197$1.36$2.111$1.453$2.344$1.649
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$3.773$0.4351$2.492$1.714$2.873$1.956
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$2.448$1.619$1.078
Ubuntu Pro$2.56––
SUSE$2.573$1.679$1.132
RHEL$3.139$2.311$1.769
Linux SQL Web$3.53$2.701$2.159
RHEL HA$4.035$3.207$2.665
RHEL SQL Web$4.221––
Windows$5.392$4.563$4.022
Windows SQL Web$6.474$5.645$5.103
Linux SQL Std$10.128$9.299$8.758
RHEL SQL Std$10.819––
RHEL HA SQL Std$11.715––
Windows SQL Std$13.072$12.243$11.702
Linux SQL Ent$26.448$25.619$25.078
RHEL SQL Ent$27.139––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$28.035––
Windows SQL Ent$29.392$28.563$28.022

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs64
Physical cores32
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)128
NetworkingValue
Network25 Gbps
Network baseline25 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput13333 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000
EBS max IOPS80,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec6a.16xlarge
Familyc6a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor128
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare c6a.16xlarge

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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.