c6a.large

c6a.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0765 per hour on demand ($55.85 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0506 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0288 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0468 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$0.0468$0.0215$0.031$0.0212$0.0356$0.0244
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.0468$0.0047$0.0309$0.0212$0.0363$0.0243
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.0765$0.0288$0.0506$0.0337$0.0553$0.0369
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.0765$0.0232$0.0506$0.0337$0.0553$0.0369
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.0765$0.0281$0.0506$0.0337$0.0553$0.0369
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.0821$0.0444$0.0543$0.0374$0.0627$0.0429
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.0837$0.0382$0.0556$0.0367$0.0635$0.0403
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.0873$0.0432$0.0576$0.0396$0.0664$0.0453
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.0882$0.0433$0.0585$0.04$0.0669$0.0457
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.0909$0.0382$0.06$0.0413$0.0688$0.0473
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.0954$0.0491$0.063$0.0434$0.0728$0.0502
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.0963$0.0461$0.0635$0.0439$0.0731$0.0501
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.0972–$0.0643$0.0441$0.0739$0.0503
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.0999$0.0487$0.066$0.0454$0.0732$0.0515
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.1179$0.019$0.0779$0.0536$0.0898$0.0611
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$0.0765$0.0506$0.0337
Ubuntu Pro$0.08––
RHEL$0.1053$0.0794$0.0625
SUSE$0.1328$0.0756$0.0557
RHEL HA$0.1403$0.1144$0.0975
Linux SQL Web$0.1441$0.1182$0.1013
Windows$0.1685$0.1426$0.1257
RHEL SQL Web$0.1729––
Windows SQL Web$0.2361$0.2102$0.1933
Linux SQL Std$0.5565$0.5306$0.5137
RHEL SQL Std$0.5853––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.6203––
Windows SQL Std$0.6485$0.6226$0.6057

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
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)4
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.781 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces3
IPv4 addresses per interface10
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 6667 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec6a.large
Familyc6a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor4
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
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.