c7i-flex.large
c7i-flex.large is an AWS EC2 instance with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0848 per hour on demand ($61.90 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0561 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0254 per hour. It is sold in 30 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.0831 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 | $0.0831 | $0.0328 | $0.0552 | $0.0377 | $0.0631 | $0.043 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.0831 | $0.0339 | $0.0552 | $0.0377 | $0.0631 | $0.043 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.0848 | $0.0402 | $0.0561 | $0.0385 | $0.0646 | $0.0442 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.0848 | $0.062 | $0.0561 | $0.0385 | $0.0659 | $0.044 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.0848 | $0.0254 | $0.0561 | $0.0373 | $0.0613 | $0.0409 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.0848 | $0.0296 | $0.0561 | $0.0373 | $0.0613 | $0.0409 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.0848 | $0.0258 | $0.0561 | $0.0373 | $0.0613 | $0.0409 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.089 | – | $0.0589 | $0.0392 | $0.0643 | $0.043 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.0908 | $0.0129 | $0.0601 | $0.0412 | $0.0662 | $0.0455 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.091 | $0.0281 | $0.0602 | $0.0415 | $0.0695 | $0.0475 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.091 | $0.0587 | $0.0602 | $0.0415 | $0.0695 | $0.0475 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.0928 | $0.0375 | $0.0616 | $0.0407 | $0.0704 | $0.0447 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.0958 | $0.0232 | $0.0633 | $0.0435 | $0.0729 | $0.05 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.0961 | – | – | – | $0.0729 | $0.05 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.0968 | $0.0528 | $0.0638 | $0.0439 | $0.0736 | $0.0502 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.0978 | $0.0416 | $0.0649 | $0.0444 | $0.0742 | $0.0506 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.0978 | $0.0098 | $0.0649 | $0.0443 | $0.0742 | $0.0506 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.1008 | $0.0341 | $0.0667 | $0.0457 | $0.0766 | $0.0527 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.1008 | $0.0327 | $0.0665 | $0.0458 | $0.0763 | $0.0525 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.1008 | $0.0373 | $0.0665 | $0.0458 | $0.0768 | $0.0526 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.1017 | – | $0.0673 | $0.0426 | $0.0739 | $0.0466 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.1019 | $0.012 | $0.0675 | $0.0465 | $0.0779 | $0.0532 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.1057 | $0.0388 | $0.0698 | $0.0481 | $0.0807 | $0.0556 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.1064 | $0.0354 | $0.0704 | $0.0483 | $0.0845 | $0.0607 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.1067 | $0.0384 | $0.0704 | $0.0486 | $0.081 | $0.0556 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.1077 | – | $0.0713 | $0.0489 | $0.0819 | $0.0557 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.1107 | $0.0501 | $0.0731 | $0.0503 | $0.0812 | $0.0571 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.1137 | $0.1137 | $0.0716 | $0.0491 | $0.0901 | $0.0626 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.1163 | – | – | – | $0.0852 | $0.06 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.1307 | $0.0277 | $0.0863 | $0.0594 | $0.0995 | $0.0678 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0848 | $0.0561 | $0.0373 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.0883 | – | – |
| RHEL | $0.1136 | $0.0849 | $0.0661 |
| SUSE | $0.1411 | $0.0811 | $0.0598 |
| RHEL HA | $0.1486 | $0.1199 | $0.1011 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.1524 | $0.1237 | $0.1049 |
| Windows | $0.1722 | $0.1435 | $0.1247 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.1812 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.2398 | $0.2111 | $0.1923 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.5648 | $0.5361 | $0.5173 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.5936 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.6286 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.6522 | $0.6235 | $0.6047 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| 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) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.39 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 10 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 312 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 39.063 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c7i-flex.large |
| Family | c7i-flex |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 4 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | No |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
| Free tier eligible | Yes |
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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.