c7a.2xlarge

c7a.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.4106 per hour on demand ($299.74 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2716 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1645 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$0.4106$0.1645$0.2716$0.1808$0.2967$0.1982
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.4106$0.1257$0.2716$0.1808$0.2967$0.1982
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.4106$0.1406$0.2716$0.1808$0.2967$0.1982
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.4395$0.0847$0.2907$0.1994$0.3203$0.2203
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.4404$0.0563$0.2917$0.2009$0.3366$0.2303
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.4405$0.2662$0.2916$0.2008$0.3366$0.2302
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.4685$0.2034$0.3089$0.2125$0.3566$0.2431
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.4734$0.1762$0.3142$0.2147$0.3593$0.2452
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.4878$0.1872$0.3221$0.2217$0.3692$0.254
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.512$0.2095$0.3381$0.2328$0.3906$0.2692
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.5168$0.2271$0.3408$0.2355$0.3923$0.269
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$0.4106$0.2716$0.1808
Ubuntu Pro$0.4246––
RHEL$0.5258$0.3868$0.296
SUSE$0.5356$0.3315$0.2348
Linux SQL Web$0.5458$0.4068$0.316
RHEL SQL Web$0.661––
RHEL HA$0.6658$0.5268$0.436
Windows$0.7786$0.6396$0.5488
Windows SQL Web$0.9138$0.7748$0.6839
Linux SQL Std$1.371$1.232$1.141
RHEL SQL Std$1.486––
RHEL HA SQL Std$1.626––
Windows SQL Std$1.739$1.60$1.509
Linux SQL Ent$3.411$3.272$3.181
RHEL SQL Ent$3.526––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$3.666––
Windows SQL Ent$3.779$3.64$3.549

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores8
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)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline3.125 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces4
IPv4 addresses per interface15
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput312.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS12,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec7a.2xlarge
Familyc7a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor16
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

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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.