c6i.2xlarge
c6i.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.34 per hour on demand ($248.20 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2249 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1155 per hour. It is sold in 31 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.3332 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 | $0.3332 | $0.162 | $0.2212 | $0.1511 | $0.2529 | $0.1726 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.3332 | $0.1347 | $0.2212 | $0.1511 | $0.2529 | $0.1726 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.34 | $0.1643 | $0.2251 | $0.1542 | $0.2591 | $0.1771 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.34 | $0.034 | $0.2249 | $0.1542 | $0.2643 | $0.1765 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.34 | $0.1155 | $0.2249 | $0.1497 | $0.2457 | $0.1642 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.34 | $0.1143 | $0.2249 | $0.1497 | $0.2457 | $0.1642 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.34 | $0.1111 | $0.2249 | $0.1497 | $0.2457 | $0.1642 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.357 | – | $0.2362 | $0.1572 | $0.258 | $0.1724 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.364 | $0.0734 | $0.2408 | $0.1651 | $0.2653 | $0.1825 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.3648 | $0.196 | $0.2415 | $0.1663 | $0.2788 | $0.1906 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.372 | $0.1506 | $0.247 | $0.1633 | $0.2822 | $0.1793 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.372 | $0.1085 | $0.247 | $0.1633 | $0.2822 | $0.1793 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.383 | $0.1049 | $0.2536 | $0.1746 | $0.2927 | $0.2001 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.384 | $0.0987 | $0.2537 | $0.1745 | $0.2923 | $0.2005 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.3852 | – | – | – | $0.2924 | $0.2005 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.388 | $0.1921 | $0.2558 | $0.176 | $0.2953 | $0.2013 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.392 | $0.1975 | $0.2602 | $0.1778 | $0.2975 | $0.203 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.404 | $0.1324 | $0.2673 | $0.1833 | $0.3072 | $0.2114 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.404 | $0.1456 | $0.2667 | $0.1836 | $0.3058 | $0.2104 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.404 | $0.1628 | $0.2667 | $0.1836 | $0.3079 | $0.2108 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.408 | – | $0.2699 | $0.1707 | $0.2965 | $0.1869 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.408 | – | $0.2699 | $0.1707 | $0.2965 | $0.1869 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.4224 | $0.1123 | $0.2794 | $0.1916 | $0.3212 | $0.221 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.424 | $0.1758 | $0.28 | $0.1928 | $0.3235 | $0.223 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.428 | $0.1864 | $0.2822 | $0.1951 | $0.3249 | $0.2228 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.428 | $0.1758 | $0.2814 | $0.1941 | $0.3528 | $0.2527 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.432 | $0.1341 | $0.2858 | $0.196 | $0.3282 | $0.2235 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.444 | $0.2097 | $0.2932 | $0.2017 | $0.3255 | $0.229 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.456 | $0.1778 | $0.2873 | $0.197 | $0.3612 | $0.2512 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.4662 | – | – | – | $0.3418 | $0.2404 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.524 | $0.0786 | $0.3461 | $0.238 | $0.399 | $0.2717 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.34 | $0.2249 | $0.1497 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.354 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.4552 | $0.3401 | $0.2649 |
| SUSE | $0.465 | $0.2849 | $0.2037 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.4752 | $0.3601 | $0.2849 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.5904 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.5952 | $0.4801 | $0.4049 |
| Windows | $0.708 | $0.5929 | $0.5177 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.8432 | $0.7281 | $0.6529 |
| Linux SQL Std | $1.30 | $1.185 | $1.11 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $1.415 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $1.555 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $1.668 | $1.553 | $1.478 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $3.34 | $3.225 | $3.15 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $3.455 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $3.595 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $3.708 | $3.593 | $3.518 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.5 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 16 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 3.125 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 15 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 2,500 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 312.5 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 12,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c6i.2xlarge |
| Family | c6i |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 16 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other c6i sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c6i.large | 2 | 4 | $0.085 |
| c6i.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.17 |
| c6i.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.34 |
| c6i.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.68 |
| c6i.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.36 |
| c6i.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $2.04 |
| c6i.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.72 |
| c6i.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.08 |
| c6i.32xlarge | 128 | 256 | $5.44 |
| c6i.metal | 128 | 256 | $5.44 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.