c7i-flex.16xlarge
c7i-flex.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.713 per hour on demand ($1,980.64 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.795 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.6456 per hour. It is sold in 30 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $2.659 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 | $2.659 | $0.6064 | $1.765 | $1.206 | $2.018 | $1.377 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $2.659 | $0.3718 | $1.765 | $1.206 | $2.018 | $1.377 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $2.713 | $0.4202 | $1.796 | $1.23 | $2.068 | $1.413 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $2.713 | $0.6456 | $1.795 | $1.194 | $1.961 | $1.31 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $2.713 | $0.6215 | $1.795 | $1.194 | $1.961 | $1.31 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $2.713 | $0.7259 | $1.795 | $1.194 | $1.961 | $1.31 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $2.713 | $1.987 | $1.795 | $1.231 | $2.109 | $1.409 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $2.849 | – | $1.885 | $1.254 | $2.058 | $1.375 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $2.905 | $0.3221 | $1.921 | $1.317 | $2.117 | $1.456 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $2.91 | $0.291 | $1.927 | $1.327 | $2.224 | $1.521 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $2.911 | $1.265 | $1.927 | $1.327 | $2.224 | $1.521 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $2.969 | $0.4036 | $1.971 | $1.303 | $2.252 | $1.431 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $3.064 | $0.3313 | $2.024 | $1.393 | $2.333 | $1.60 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $3.074 | – | – | – | $2.334 | $1.60 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $3.096 | $1.266 | $2.041 | $1.405 | $2.356 | $1.607 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $3.128 | $0.4652 | $2.076 | $1.419 | $2.374 | $1.62 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $3.129 | $1.05 | $2.077 | $1.419 | $2.375 | $1.621 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $3.224 | $0.7554 | $2.128 | $1.465 | $2.44 | $1.679 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $3.224 | $0.639 | $2.128 | $1.465 | $2.456 | $1.682 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $3.224 | $2.803 | $2.133 | $1.462 | $2.451 | $1.687 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $3.256 | – | $2.154 | $1.362 | $2.366 | $1.491 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $3.26 | $0.3663 | $2.159 | $1.486 | $2.491 | $1.704 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $3.384 | $0.814 | $2.235 | $1.538 | $2.582 | $1.779 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $3.406 | $0.3406 | $2.253 | $1.545 | $2.703 | $1.943 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $3.415 | $1.124 | $2.252 | $1.557 | $2.593 | $1.778 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $3.447 | – | $2.28 | $1.564 | $2.619 | $1.784 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $3.543 | $1.051 | $2.339 | $1.61 | $2.598 | $1.827 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $3.639 | $3.639 | $2.292 | $1.572 | $2.882 | $2.004 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $3.72 | – | – | – | $2.728 | $1.919 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $4.181 | $0.4182 | $2.762 | $1.899 | $3.184 | $2.168 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $2.713 | $1.795 | $1.194 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $2.825 | – | – |
| SUSE | $2.838 | $1.855 | $1.248 |
| RHEL | $3.404 | $2.486 | $1.886 |
| Linux SQL Web | $3.795 | $2.876 | $2.276 |
| RHEL HA | $4.30 | $3.382 | $2.782 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $4.486 | – | – |
| Windows | $5.657 | $4.739 | $4.138 |
| Windows SQL Web | $6.739 | $5.82 | $5.22 |
| Linux SQL Std | $10.393 | $9.475 | $8.874 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $11.084 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $11.98 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $13.337 | $12.419 | $11.818 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $26.713 | $25.795 | $25.194 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $27.404 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $28.30 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $29.657 | $28.739 | $28.138 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 64 |
| Physical cores | 32 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.2 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AMX; Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 128 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 25 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 12.5 Gbps |
| Network peak | 25 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 15 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 50 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 20000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 20,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 2,500 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 40,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 80,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 48 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c7i-flex.16xlarge |
| Family | c7i-flex |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 128 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other c7i-flex sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c7i-flex.large | 2 | 4 | $0.0848 |
| c7i-flex.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.1696 |
| c7i-flex.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.3392 |
| c7i-flex.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.6783 |
| c7i-flex.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.357 |
| c7i-flex.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $2.035 |
| c7i-flex.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.713 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.