c7a.xlarge

c7a.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9R14 Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.2053 per hour on demand ($149.87 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1358 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0784 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$0.2053$0.0784$0.1358$0.0904$0.1484$0.0991
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.2053$0.0623$0.1358$0.0904$0.1484$0.0991
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.2053$0.0836$0.1358$0.0904$0.1484$0.0991
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.2198$0.0538$0.1454$0.0997$0.1601$0.1102
Europe (Spain) eu-south-2$0.2202$0.0613$0.1458$0.1004$0.1683$0.1151
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.2202$0.1486$0.1458$0.1004$0.1683$0.1151
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.2343$0.0971$0.1544$0.1063$0.1783$0.1216
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.2367$0.1028$0.1571$0.1074$0.1796$0.1226
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.2439$0.0977$0.161$0.1109$0.1846$0.127
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.256$0.1112$0.1691$0.1164$0.1953$0.1346
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.2584$0.0978$0.1704$0.1178$0.1962$0.1345
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$0.2053$0.1358$0.0904
Ubuntu Pro$0.2123––
SUSE$0.2616$0.1858$0.1354
RHEL$0.2629$0.1934$0.148
Linux SQL Web$0.2729$0.2034$0.158
RHEL SQL Web$0.3305––
RHEL HA$0.3329$0.2634$0.218
Windows$0.3893$0.3198$0.2744
Windows SQL Web$0.4569$0.3874$0.342
Linux SQL Std$0.6853$0.6158$0.5704
RHEL SQL Std$0.7429––
RHEL HA SQL Std$0.8129––
Windows SQL Std$0.8693$0.7998$0.7544
Linux SQL Ent$1.705$1.636$1.59
RHEL SQL Ent$1.763––
RHEL HA SQL Ent$1.833––
Windows SQL Ent$1.889$1.82$1.774

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores4
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)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 12.5 Gbps
Network baseline1.562 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 bandwidth1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,000
EBS max IOPS40,000
Max EBS volumes32
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec7a.xlarge
Familyc7a
CategoryCompute optimized
Current generationYes
Normalization factor8
Bare metalNo
HypervisorNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYes
Nitro EnclavesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFI

Compare c7a.xlarge

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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.