c7i-flex.2xlarge
c7i-flex.2xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.3392 per hour on demand ($247.62 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2244 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1226 per hour. It is sold in 30 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.3324 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 | $0.3324 | $0.101 | $0.2206 | $0.1508 | $0.2523 | $0.1722 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.3324 | $0.1131 | $0.2206 | $0.1508 | $0.2523 | $0.1722 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.3392 | $0.1204 | $0.2245 | $0.1538 | $0.2585 | $0.1767 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.3392 | $0.229 | $0.2244 | $0.1538 | $0.2637 | $0.1761 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.3392 | $0.1226 | $0.2244 | $0.1493 | $0.2451 | $0.1637 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.3392 | $0.1075 | $0.2244 | $0.1493 | $0.2451 | $0.1637 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.3392 | $0.1211 | $0.2244 | $0.1493 | $0.2451 | $0.1638 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.3561 | – | $0.2356 | $0.1568 | $0.2573 | $0.1719 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.3631 | $0.0564 | $0.2402 | $0.1647 | $0.2646 | $0.182 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.3638 | $0.0484 | $0.2409 | $0.1659 | $0.278 | $0.1901 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.3639 | $0.195 | $0.2409 | $0.1659 | $0.278 | $0.1901 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.3711 | $0.1481 | $0.2463 | $0.1629 | $0.2815 | $0.1789 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.383 | $0.0931 | $0.253 | $0.1741 | $0.2916 | $0.2 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.3842 | – | – | – | $0.2917 | $0.2 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.387 | $0.1983 | $0.2552 | $0.1756 | $0.2945 | $0.2008 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.391 | $0.0391 | $0.2595 | $0.1774 | $0.2968 | $0.2025 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.3911 | $0.1894 | $0.2596 | $0.1774 | $0.2968 | $0.2026 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.403 | $0.1041 | $0.2666 | $0.1828 | $0.3064 | $0.2109 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.403 | $0.1475 | $0.266 | $0.1831 | $0.305 | $0.2099 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.403 | $0.1575 | $0.266 | $0.1831 | $0.307 | $0.2103 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.407 | – | $0.2692 | $0.1703 | $0.2957 | $0.1864 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.4076 | $0.0456 | $0.2698 | $0.1858 | $0.3114 | $0.213 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.4229 | $0.1613 | $0.2793 | $0.1923 | $0.3227 | $0.2224 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.4258 | $0.115 | $0.2816 | $0.1931 | $0.3379 | $0.2429 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.4269 | $0.1636 | $0.2815 | $0.1946 | $0.3241 | $0.2223 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.4309 | – | $0.2851 | $0.1955 | $0.3274 | $0.223 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.4429 | $0.1979 | $0.2924 | $0.2012 | $0.3247 | $0.2284 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.4548 | $0.1126 | $0.2866 | $0.1965 | $0.3603 | $0.2505 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.465 | – | – | – | $0.3409 | $0.2398 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.5227 | $0.1194 | $0.3452 | $0.2374 | $0.398 | $0.271 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.3392 | $0.2244 | $0.1493 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.3532 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.4544 | $0.3396 | $0.2645 |
| SUSE | $0.4642 | $0.2843 | $0.2033 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.4744 | $0.3596 | $0.2845 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.5896 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.5944 | $0.4796 | $0.4045 |
| Windows | $0.6888 | $0.574 | $0.4989 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.824 | $0.7091 | $0.6341 |
| Linux SQL Std | $1.299 | $1.184 | $1.109 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $1.414 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $1.554 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $1.649 | $1.534 | $1.459 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $3.339 | $3.224 | $3.149 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $3.454 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $3.594 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $3.689 | $3.574 | $3.499 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| 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) | 16 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 1.562 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 15 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 1,250 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 156.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 6,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c7i-flex.2xlarge |
| Family | c7i-flex |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 16 |
| 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.