c7i-flex.xlarge
c7i-flex.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1696 per hour on demand ($123.81 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1122 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.062 per hour. It is sold in 30 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.1662 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 | $0.1662 | $0.0513 | $0.1103 | $0.0754 | $0.1261 | $0.0861 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.1662 | $0.0677 | $0.1103 | $0.0754 | $0.1261 | $0.0861 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.1696 | $0.058 | $0.1123 | $0.0769 | $0.1292 | $0.0883 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.1696 | $0.1239 | $0.1122 | $0.0769 | $0.1318 | $0.088 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.1696 | $0.062 | $0.1122 | $0.0746 | $0.1225 | $0.0819 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.1696 | $0.0483 | $0.1122 | $0.0746 | $0.1225 | $0.0819 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.1696 | $0.0549 | $0.1122 | $0.0746 | $0.1226 | $0.0819 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.1781 | – | $0.1178 | $0.0784 | $0.1287 | $0.086 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.1816 | $0.034 | $0.1201 | $0.0823 | $0.1323 | $0.091 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.1819 | $0.031 | $0.1204 | $0.0829 | $0.139 | $0.095 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.1819 | $0.0979 | $0.1204 | $0.083 | $0.139 | $0.0951 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.1855 | $0.085 | $0.1232 | $0.0814 | $0.1408 | $0.0894 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.1915 | $0.0515 | $0.1265 | $0.0871 | $0.1458 | $0.1 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.1921 | – | – | – | $0.1459 | $0.1 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.1935 | $0.1035 | $0.1276 | $0.0878 | $0.1473 | $0.1004 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.1955 | $0.0196 | $0.1298 | $0.0887 | $0.1484 | $0.1013 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.1956 | $0.091 | $0.1298 | $0.0887 | $0.1484 | $0.1013 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.2015 | $0.0722 | $0.1333 | $0.0914 | $0.1532 | $0.1054 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.2015 | $0.0732 | $0.133 | $0.0916 | $0.1525 | $0.1049 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.2015 | $0.085 | $0.133 | $0.0916 | $0.1535 | $0.1051 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.2035 | – | $0.1346 | $0.0851 | $0.1479 | $0.0932 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.2038 | $0.0245 | $0.1349 | $0.0929 | $0.1557 | $0.1065 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.2115 | $0.0726 | $0.1397 | $0.0962 | $0.1614 | $0.1112 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.2129 | $0.0458 | $0.1408 | $0.0966 | $0.1689 | $0.1214 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.2135 | $0.0826 | $0.1408 | $0.0973 | $0.1621 | $0.1111 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.2155 | – | $0.1425 | $0.0977 | $0.1637 | $0.1115 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.2215 | $0.0942 | $0.1462 | $0.1006 | $0.1624 | $0.1142 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.2274 | $0.0658 | $0.1433 | $0.0983 | $0.1801 | $0.1253 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.2325 | – | – | – | $0.1705 | $0.1199 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.2614 | $0.0599 | $0.1726 | $0.1187 | $0.199 | $0.1355 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.1696 | $0.1122 | $0.0746 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.1766 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.2259 | $0.1622 | $0.1197 |
| RHEL | $0.2272 | $0.1698 | $0.1323 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.2372 | $0.1798 | $0.1422 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.2948 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.2972 | $0.2398 | $0.2023 |
| Windows | $0.3444 | $0.287 | $0.2495 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.412 | $0.3546 | $0.3171 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.6496 | $0.5922 | $0.5547 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.7072 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.7772 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.8244 | $0.767 | $0.7295 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $1.67 | $1.612 | $1.575 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $1.727 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $1.797 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $1.844 | $1.787 | $1.75 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| 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) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 0.781 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 | 625 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 78.125 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 3,600 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 32 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c7i-flex.xlarge |
| Family | c7i-flex |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 8 |
| 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.