c6gn.medium
c6gn.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 2 GiB memory (AWS Graviton2 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0432 per hour on demand ($31.54 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0273 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0082 per hour. It is sold in 30 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.0421 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 (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.0421 | $0.0191 | $0.0266 | $0.0195 | $0.0317 | $0.0234 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.0421 | $0.0164 | $0.0266 | $0.0195 | $0.0317 | $0.0234 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0432 | $0.0137 | $0.0273 | $0.02 | $0.0328 | $0.024 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0432 | $0.0082 | $0.0273 | $0.0186 | $0.0327 | $0.0223 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0432 | $0.0056 | $0.0273 | $0.0186 | $0.0327 | $0.0223 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0432 | $0.0134 | $0.0273 | $0.0186 | $0.0327 | $0.0223 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.0454 | – | $0.0286 | $0.0195 | $0.0344 | $0.0234 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0465 | $0.0047 | $0.0294 | $0.0232 | $0.0352 | $0.0278 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0473 | $0.014 | $0.0297 | $0.0205 | $0.0357 | $0.0246 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.0473 | $0.0135 | $0.0297 | $0.0205 | $0.0357 | $0.0246 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0488 | $0.0105 | $0.0307 | $0.0246 | $0.0368 | $0.0294 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.0488 | $0.0121 | $0.0307 | $0.0242 | $0.0368 | $0.029 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.0491 | – | – | – | $0.0423 | $0.0309 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0493 | $0.0168 | $0.031 | $0.0251 | $0.0373 | $0.0303 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0495 | $0.0184 | $0.0312 | $0.023 | $0.0373 | $0.0275 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0496 | $0.005 | $0.0312 | $0.023 | $0.0384 | $0.0275 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.0512 | $0.0162 | $0.0322 | $0.0254 | $0.0387 | $0.0305 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.0513 | $0.0129 | $0.0323 | $0.0257 | $0.0389 | $0.0308 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.0513 | $0.0164 | $0.0323 | $0.0257 | $0.0389 | $0.0308 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.0516 | $0.017 | $0.0326 | $0.0222 | $0.0391 | $0.0266 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.052 | – | $0.0328 | $0.0224 | $0.0376 | $0.0239 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.052 | – | $0.0328 | $0.0224 | $0.0376 | $0.0239 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.0536 | $0.0116 | $0.0338 | $0.023 | $0.0406 | $0.0276 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.054 | $0.0068 | $0.0341 | $0.0257 | $0.041 | $0.0308 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.0545 | $0.0183 | $0.0341 | $0.0278 | $0.047 | $0.0343 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.0546 | $0.0238 | $0.034 | $0.0275 | $0.0468 | $0.0345 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.0565 | $0.0135 | $0.0357 | $0.0262 | $0.0428 | $0.0313 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.0573 | $0.0069 | $0.036 | $0.0265 | $0.0433 | $0.0319 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.0593 | – | – | – | $0.0449 | $0.0329 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.0665 | $0.0111 | $0.042 | $0.0319 | $0.0504 | $0.0383 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0432 | $0.0273 | $0.0186 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0449 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.0576 | $0.0417 | $0.033 |
| SUSE | $0.0742 | $0.0403 | $0.0296 |
| RHEL HA | $0.0751 | $0.0592 | $0.0505 |
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 25 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 1.6 Gbps |
| Network peak | 16 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 9500 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 760 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 9,500 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 95 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,187.5 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c6gn.medium |
| Family | c6gn |
| 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 c6gn sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c6gn.medium | 1 | 2 | $0.0432 |
| c6gn.large | 2 | 4 | $0.0864 |
| c6gn.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.1728 |
| c6gn.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3456 |
| c6gn.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6912 |
| c6gn.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.382 |
| c6gn.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $2.074 |
| c6gn.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.765 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.