c6a.xlarge

c6a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.153 per hour on demand ($111.69 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1012 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0672 per hour. It is sold in 15 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0935 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$0.0935$0.0506$0.0619$0.0424$0.0713$0.0487
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$0.0935$0.0094$0.0619$0.0424$0.0727$0.0485
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.153$0.0672$0.1012$0.0674$0.1106$0.0739
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.153$0.0474$0.1012$0.0674$0.1106$0.0739
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.153$0.059$0.1012$0.0674$0.1106$0.0739
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.1642$0.0868$0.1087$0.0748$0.1254$0.0858
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.1674$0.079$0.1111$0.0735$0.127$0.0807
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.1746$0.0843$0.1151$0.0792$0.1329$0.0906
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.1764$0.0868$0.1171$0.08$0.1339$0.0914
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.1818$0.0754$0.12$0.0826$0.1376$0.0947
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.1908$0.0794$0.126$0.0868$0.1456$0.1003
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.1926$0.0919$0.127$0.0878$0.1462$0.1003
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.1944–$0.1286$0.0882$0.1477$0.1006
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.1998$0.1004$0.1319$0.0908$0.1465$0.103
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.2358$0.06$0.1557$0.1071$0.1795$0.1223
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$0.153$0.1012$0.0674
Ubuntu Pro$0.16––
SUSE$0.2093$0.1512$0.1124
RHEL$0.2106$0.1588$0.125
Linux SQL Web$0.2206$0.1688$0.135
RHEL SQL Web$0.2782––
RHEL HA$0.2806$0.2288$0.195
Windows$0.337$0.2852$0.2514
Windows SQL Web$0.4046$0.3528$0.319
Linux SQL Std$0.633$0.5812$0.5474
RHEL SQL Std$0.6906––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.7606––
Windows SQL Std$0.817$0.7652$0.7314
Linux SQL Ent$1.653$1.601$1.567
RHEL SQL Ent$1.711––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.781––
Windows SQL Ent$1.837$1.785$1.751

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
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)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline1.562 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 bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes27
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec6a.xlarge
Familyc6a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
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.