c6a.2xlarge

c6a.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.306 per hour on demand ($223.38 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2024 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1303 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.187 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$0.187$0.0952$0.1238$0.0848$0.1425$0.0974
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.187$0.0187$0.1237$0.0848$0.1454$0.0971
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.306$0.1303$0.2024$0.1347$0.2211$0.1477
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.306$0.1131$0.2024$0.1347$0.2211$0.1477
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.306$0.1179$0.2024$0.1347$0.2211$0.1477
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.3283$0.1879$0.2174$0.1497$0.2509$0.1715
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.3348$0.1421$0.2223$0.147$0.254$0.1614
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.3492$0.1799$0.2302$0.1584$0.2658$0.1812
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.3528$0.1837$0.2342$0.16$0.2678$0.1827
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.3636$0.1438$0.24$0.1652$0.2752$0.1894
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.3816$0.174$0.252$0.1735$0.2912$0.2007
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.3852$0.1836$0.254$0.1755$0.2924$0.2005
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.3888–$0.2572$0.1764$0.2954$0.2012
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.3996$0.1866$0.2638$0.1816$0.293$0.2061
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.4716$0.1035$0.3115$0.2142$0.3591$0.2446
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$0.306$0.2024$0.1347
Ubuntu Pro$0.32––
RHEL$0.4212$0.3176$0.2499
SUSE$0.431$0.2624$0.1887
Linux SQL Web$0.4412$0.3376$0.2699
RHEL SQL Web$0.5564––
RHEL HA$0.5612$0.4576$0.3899
Windows$0.674$0.5704$0.5027
Windows SQL Web$0.8092$0.7056$0.6379
Linux SQL Std$1.266$1.162$1.095
RHEL SQL Std$1.381––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.521––
Windows SQL Std$1.634$1.53$1.463
Linux SQL Ent$3.306$3.202$3.135
RHEL SQL Ent$3.421––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.561––
Windows SQL Ent$3.674$3.57$3.503

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec6a.2xlarge
Familyc6a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.