c6a.metal

c6a.metal is an AWS EC2 instance with 192 vCPUs, 384 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $7.344 per hour on demand ($5,361.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $4.858 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $2.03 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $4.488 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$4.488$0.7142$2.972$2.036$3.421$2.338
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$4.488$0.4488$2.969$2.036$3.489$2.33
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$7.344$2.03$4.858$3.233$5.307$3.546
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$7.344$2.536$4.858$3.233$5.307$3.546
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$7.344$1.964$4.858$3.233$5.307$3.546
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$7.88$2.359$5.216$3.592$6.021$4.117
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$8.035$0.8035$5.334$3.527$6.096$3.873
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$8.381$1.764$5.525$3.801$6.378$4.348
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$8.467$2.887$5.62$3.841$6.427$4.386
EU (London) eu-west-2$8.726$0.8726$5.761$3.966$6.604$4.544
US West (N. California) us-west-1$9.158$0.9158$6.048$4.165$6.988$4.816
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$9.245$1.538$6.096$4.213$7.018$4.813
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$9.331–$6.173$4.233$7.089$4.828
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$9.59$3.886$6.332$4.358$7.031$4.946
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$11.318$1.132$7.475$5.141$8.618$5.869
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$7.344$4.858$3.233
SUSE$7.469$4.918$3.287
Ubuntu Pro$7.68––
RHEL$9.187$6.701$5.077
Linux SQL Web$10.589$8.103$6.478
RHEL HA$11.203$8.717$7.093
RHEL SQL Web$12.432––
Windows$16.176$13.69$12.065
Windows SQL Web$19.421$16.935$15.31
Linux SQL Std$30.384$27.898$26.273
RHEL SQL Std$32.227––
RHEL HA SQL Std$34.243––
Windows SQL Std$39.216$36.73$35.105
Linux SQL Ent$79.344$76.858$75.233
RHEL SQL Ent$81.187––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$83.203––
Windows SQL Ent$88.176$85.69$84.065

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs192
Physical cores96
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)384
NetworkingValue
Network50 Gbps
Network baseline50 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFAYes
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces15
IPv4 addresses per interface50
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000
Max EBS volumes31
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec6a.metal
Familyc6a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor384
Bare metalYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

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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.