c6i.xlarge
c6i.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.17 per hour on demand ($124.10 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1125 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0589 per hour. It is sold in 31 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.1666 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 | $0.1666 | $0.0763 | $0.1106 | $0.0756 | $0.1265 | $0.0863 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.1666 | $0.0675 | $0.1106 | $0.0756 | $0.1265 | $0.0863 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.17 | $0.0808 | $0.1126 | $0.0771 | $0.1296 | $0.0886 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.17 | $0.017 | $0.1125 | $0.0771 | $0.1322 | $0.0883 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.17 | $0.0589 | $0.1125 | $0.0748 | $0.1229 | $0.0821 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.17 | $0.0605 | $0.1125 | $0.0748 | $0.1229 | $0.0821 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.17 | $0.0645 | $0.1125 | $0.0748 | $0.1229 | $0.0821 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.1785 | – | $0.1181 | $0.0786 | $0.129 | $0.0862 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.182 | $0.0484 | $0.1204 | $0.0826 | $0.1326 | $0.0912 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.1824 | $0.0918 | $0.1208 | $0.0832 | $0.1394 | $0.0953 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.186 | $0.0839 | $0.1235 | $0.0817 | $0.1411 | $0.0896 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.186 | $0.0724 | $0.1235 | $0.0817 | $0.1411 | $0.0896 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.1915 | $0.0905 | $0.1268 | $0.0873 | $0.1464 | $0.1001 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.192 | $0.0551 | $0.1268 | $0.0873 | $0.1462 | $0.1002 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.1926 | – | – | – | $0.1462 | $0.1003 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.194 | $0.0936 | $0.1279 | $0.088 | $0.1477 | $0.1007 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.196 | $0.0846 | $0.1301 | $0.0889 | $0.1488 | $0.1015 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.202 | $0.0599 | $0.1336 | $0.0916 | $0.1536 | $0.1057 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.202 | $0.0813 | $0.1334 | $0.0918 | $0.1529 | $0.1052 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.202 | $0.0804 | $0.1334 | $0.0918 | $0.1539 | $0.1054 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.204 | – | $0.1349 | $0.0853 | $0.1482 | $0.0935 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.204 | – | $0.1349 | $0.0853 | $0.1482 | $0.0935 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.2112 | $0.0508 | $0.1397 | $0.0958 | $0.1606 | $0.1105 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.212 | $0.0785 | $0.14 | $0.0964 | $0.1618 | $0.1115 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.214 | $0.0923 | $0.1411 | $0.0975 | $0.1625 | $0.1114 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.214 | $0.0903 | $0.1407 | $0.0971 | $0.1764 | $0.1264 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.216 | $0.0536 | $0.1429 | $0.098 | $0.1641 | $0.1118 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.222 | $0.1083 | $0.1466 | $0.1009 | $0.1628 | $0.1145 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.228 | $0.1038 | $0.1436 | $0.0985 | $0.1806 | $0.1256 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.2331 | – | – | – | $0.1709 | $0.1202 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.262 | $0.0582 | $0.173 | $0.119 | $0.1995 | $0.1359 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.17 | $0.1125 | $0.0748 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.177 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.2263 | $0.1625 | $0.1198 |
| RHEL | $0.2276 | $0.1701 | $0.1324 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.2376 | $0.1801 | $0.1424 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.2952 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.2976 | $0.2401 | $0.2024 |
| Windows | $0.354 | $0.2965 | $0.2588 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.4216 | $0.3641 | $0.3264 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.65 | $0.5925 | $0.5548 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.7076 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.7776 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.834 | $0.7765 | $0.7388 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $1.67 | $1.613 | $1.575 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $1.728 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $1.798 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $1.854 | $1.796 | $1.759 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| 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) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 1.562 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 | 1,250 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 156.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 6,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c6i.xlarge |
| Family | c6i |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 8 |
| 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.