c7a.medium

c7a.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 2 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0513 per hour on demand ($37.45 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.034 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0119 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$0.0513$0.0119$0.034$0.0226$0.0371$0.0248
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.0513$0.0102$0.034$0.0226$0.0371$0.0248
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.0513$0.0076$0.034$0.0226$0.0371$0.0248
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.0549$0.0065$0.0363$0.0249$0.04$0.0275
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.0551$0.0159$0.0365$0.0251$0.0421$0.0288
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.0551$0.0304$0.0365$0.0251$0.0421$0.0288
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.0586$0.0272$0.0386$0.0266$0.0446$0.0304
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.0592$0.0197$0.0393$0.0268$0.0449$0.0307
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.061$0.0185$0.0403$0.0277$0.0461$0.0318
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.064$0.0181$0.0423$0.0291$0.0488$0.0337
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.0646$0.032$0.0426$0.0294$0.049$0.0336
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$0.0513$0.034$0.0226
Ubuntu Pro$0.0531––
RHEL$0.0657$0.0483$0.037
RHEL HA$0.0832$0.0659$0.0545
Windows$0.0973$0.0799$0.0686
SUSE$0.1076$0.059$0.0451
Linux SQL Web$0.1189$0.1016$0.0902
RHEL SQL Web$0.1333––
Windows SQL Web$0.1649$0.1475$0.1362
Linux SQL Std$0.5313$0.514$0.5026
RHEL SQL Std$0.5457––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.5632––
Windows SQL Std$0.5773$0.5599$0.5486

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Physical cores1
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)2
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline0.39 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)
EFANo
IPv6Yes
Max network interfaces2
IPv4 addresses per interface4
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedYes
EBS over NVMeRequired
EBS throughputUp to 10000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth325 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput40.625 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,500
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec7a.medium
Familyc7a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor2
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesNo
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.