c6g.medium
c6g.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 2 GiB memory (AWS Graviton2 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.034 per hour on demand ($24.82 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0214 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0123 per hour. It is sold in 36 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0213 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0213 | $0.0071 | $0.0134 | $0.0092 | $0.0164 | $0.0109 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.0213 | $0.0021 | $0.0134 | $0.0092 | $0.0164 | $0.0109 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.0333 | $0.011 | $0.021 | $0.0144 | $0.0253 | $0.0172 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.0333 | $0.0154 | $0.021 | $0.0144 | $0.0253 | $0.0172 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.034 | $0.0123 | $0.0214 | $0.0147 | $0.0248 | $0.0164 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.034 | $0.0067 | $0.0214 | $0.0147 | $0.025 | $0.0163 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.034 | $0.01 | $0.0214 | $0.0147 | $0.0245 | $0.0164 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.0357 | – | $0.0225 | $0.015 | $0.0258 | $0.0172 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0365 | $0.0041 | $0.0231 | $0.0157 | $0.0289 | $0.02 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.0365 | $0.013 | $0.0241 | $0.0166 | $0.0279 | $0.0191 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0365 | $0.0099 | $0.0241 | $0.0166 | $0.0279 | $0.0191 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0372 | $0.0148 | $0.0234 | $0.0161 | $0.0286 | $0.018 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.0372 | $0.011 | $0.0234 | $0.0161 | $0.0286 | $0.018 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.0383 | $0.0153 | $0.0254 | $0.0174 | $0.0293 | $0.02 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.0385 | – | – | – | $0.0292 | $0.0201 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0385 | $0.0125 | $0.0241 | $0.0167 | $0.0299 | $0.0216 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0388 | $0.0156 | $0.0244 | $0.0168 | $0.0309 | $0.0223 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0392 | $0.0125 | $0.0247 | $0.0169 | $0.0303 | $0.0201 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0392 | $0.0039 | $0.0247 | $0.0169 | $0.0303 | $0.0201 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.0401 | $0.0109 | $0.0266 | $0.0182 | $0.0307 | $0.021 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0404 | $0.0148 | $0.0254 | $0.0174 | $0.0319 | $0.0222 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0404 | $0.0144 | $0.0255 | $0.0175 | $0.0319 | $0.0223 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0405 | $0.0118 | $0.0252 | $0.0173 | $0.032 | $0.0227 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.0408 | – | $0.0257 | $0.0176 | $0.0295 | $0.0189 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.0408 | – | $0.0257 | $0.0176 | $0.0295 | $0.0189 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.0424 | $0.0127 | $0.0267 | $0.0183 | $0.0335 | $0.0225 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.0425 | $0.0097 | $0.0268 | $0.0184 | $0.0336 | $0.0232 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.0427 | $0.0169 | $0.0269 | $0.0184 | $0.0339 | $0.0243 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0428 | $0.0191 | $0.027 | $0.0185 | $0.0353 | $0.0252 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.043 | $0.0062 | $0.0273 | $0.0189 | $0.0336 | $0.0227 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.043 | $0.0198 | $0.0268 | $0.0184 | $0.0352 | $0.0254 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0444 | $0.0189 | $0.028 | $0.0192 | $0.0326 | $0.0227 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.0444 | $0.0175 | $0.028 | $0.0192 | $0.0326 | $0.0227 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.0456 | $0.0166 | $0.0287 | $0.0197 | $0.0361 | $0.0251 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.0466 | – | – | – | $0.0343 | $0.0238 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0524 | $0.0093 | $0.033 | $0.0226 | $0.0429 | $0.0283 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.034 | $0.0214 | $0.0147 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0358 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.0484 | $0.0358 | $0.0286 |
| SUSE | $0.065 | $0.0344 | $0.0257 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0659 | $0.0533 | $0.0461 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| Processor | AWS Graviton2 Processor |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 2 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 10 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.5 Gbps |
| Network peak | 10 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 4500 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 315 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 4,750 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 39.375 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 593.75 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 20,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c6g.medium |
| Family | c6g |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 2 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | UEFI |
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Other c6g sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c6g.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.034 |
| c6g.large | 2 | 4 | $0.068 |
| c6g.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.136 |
| c6g.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.272 |
| c6g.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.544 |
| c6g.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.088 |
| c6g.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $1.632 |
| c6g.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.176 |
| c6g.metal | 64 | 128 | $2.176 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.