c7a.12xlarge

c7a.12xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 48 vCPUs, 96 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.463 per hour on demand ($1,798.28 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.629 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.5961 per hour. It is sold in 11 regions.

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
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$2.463$0.5961$1.629$1.085$1.78$1.189
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$2.463$0.7275$1.629$1.085$1.78$1.189
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$2.463$0.6846$1.629$1.085$1.78$1.189
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$2.637$0.3317$1.744$1.196$1.922$1.322
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$2.642$0.2816$1.75$1.205$2.02$1.381
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$2.643$1.064$1.75$1.205$2.019$1.381
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$2.811$0.8872$1.853$1.275$2.139$1.459
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$2.84$1.015$1.885$1.288$2.156$1.471
EU (London) eu-west-2$2.927$0.772$1.932$1.33$2.215$1.524
US West (N. California) us-west-1$3.072$0.84$2.029$1.397$2.344$1.615
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$3.101$0.9688$2.045$1.413$2.354$1.614
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$2.463$1.629$1.085
Ubuntu Pro$2.547––
SUSE$2.588$1.689$1.139
RHEL$2.982$2.148$1.603
Linux SQL Web$3.275$2.441$1.896
RHEL HA$3.654$2.82$2.275
RHEL SQL Web$3.793––
Windows$4.671$3.837$3.292
Windows SQL Web$5.483$4.649$4.104
Linux SQL Std$8.223$7.389$6.845
RHEL SQL Std$8.742––
RHEL HA SQL Std$9.414––
Windows SQL Std$10.431$9.598$9.053
Linux SQL Ent$20.463$19.63$19.084
RHEL SQL Ent$20.982––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$21.654––
Windows SQL Ent$22.671$21.837$21.293

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs48
Physical cores48
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 9R14 Processor
CPU makerAMD
Clock speedUp to 3.7 GHz
Sustained clock3.7 GHz
Processor featuresAMD Turbo; AVX; AVX2; AVX512
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)96
NetworkingValue
Network18.75 Gbps
Network baseline18.75 Gbps
Network peak18.75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces8
IPv4 addresses per interface30
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughput15000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth15,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS60,000
EBS max IOPS60,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec7a.12xlarge
Familyc7a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor96
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare c7a.12xlarge

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Other generations

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Other c7a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c7a.medium12$0.0513
c7a.large24$0.1026
c7a.xlarge48$0.2053
c7a.2xlarge816$0.4106
c7a.4xlarge1632$0.8211
c7a.8xlarge3264$1.642
c7a.12xlarge4896$2.463
c7a.16xlarge64128$3.284
c7a.24xlarge96192$4.927
c7a.32xlarge128256$6.569
c7a.48xlarge192384$9.853
c7a.metal-48xl192384$9.853

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.