c7i.16xlarge
c7i.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $2.856 per hour on demand ($2,084.88 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $1.889 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $1.037 per hour. It is sold in 35 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $2.799 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 | $2.799 | $0.8392 | $1.858 | $1.27 | $2.124 | $1.45 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $2.799 | $0.7274 | $1.858 | $1.27 | $2.124 | $1.45 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $2.856 | $0.8456 | $1.891 | $1.296 | $2.177 | $1.488 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $2.856 | $0.2856 | $1.889 | $1.296 | $2.22 | $1.483 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $2.856 | $1.037 | $1.889 | $1.257 | $2.064 | $1.379 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $2.856 | $0.6833 | $1.889 | $1.257 | $2.064 | $1.379 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $2.856 | $0.9087 | $1.889 | $1.257 | $2.064 | $1.379 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $2.999 | – | $1.984 | $1.32 | $2.167 | $1.448 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $3.058 | $0.5203 | $2.023 | $1.387 | $2.228 | $1.533 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $3.064 | $0.3234 | $2.029 | $1.398 | $2.342 | $1.602 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $3.064 | $1.422 | $2.029 | $1.397 | $2.342 | $1.601 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $3.125 | $0.9709 | $2.075 | $1.372 | $2.371 | $1.506 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $3.125 | $0.6675 | $2.075 | $1.372 | $2.371 | $1.506 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $3.218 | $0.71 | $2.13 | $1.467 | $2.459 | $1.681 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $3.226 | $0.6093 | $2.131 | $1.466 | $2.455 | $1.684 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $3.236 | – | – | – | $2.457 | $1.685 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $3.259 | $1.272 | $2.149 | $1.478 | $2.481 | $1.691 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $3.293 | $1.166 | $2.186 | $1.494 | $2.499 | $1.706 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $3.293 | $0.3293 | $2.186 | $1.494 | $2.499 | $1.706 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $3.394 | $0.584 | $2.245 | $1.539 | $2.58 | $1.776 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $3.394 | $0.7914 | $2.24 | $1.542 | $2.568 | $1.767 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $3.394 | $0.6712 | $2.24 | $1.542 | $2.586 | $1.771 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $3.427 | – | $2.267 | $1.434 | $2.49 | $1.57 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $3.427 | – | $2.267 | $1.434 | $2.49 | $1.57 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $3.432 | $1.063 | $2.272 | $1.565 | $2.623 | $1.793 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $3.562 | $1.071 | $2.352 | $1.619 | $2.717 | $1.873 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $3.585 | $0.5849 | $2.372 | $1.626 | $2.845 | $2.045 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $3.595 | $1.324 | $2.371 | $1.638 | $2.729 | $1.872 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $3.595 | $1.367 | $2.364 | $1.631 | $2.963 | $2.123 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $3.629 | – | $2.401 | $1.646 | $2.757 | $1.877 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $3.73 | $1.371 | $2.462 | $1.695 | $2.734 | $1.923 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $3.73 | $0.609 | $2.364 | $1.597 | $2.716 | $1.923 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $3.83 | $1.069 | $2.413 | $1.655 | $3.034 | $2.11 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $3.916 | – | – | – | $2.871 | $2.019 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $4.402 | $0.4402 | $2.907 | $2.00 | $3.352 | $2.283 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $2.856 | $1.889 | $1.257 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $2.968 | – | – |
| SUSE | $2.981 | $1.949 | $1.311 |
| RHEL | $3.547 | $2.58 | $1.949 |
| Linux SQL Web | $3.938 | $2.971 | $2.339 |
| RHEL HA | $4.443 | $3.476 | $2.845 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $4.629 | – | – |
| Windows | $5.80 | $4.833 | $4.201 |
| Windows SQL Web | $6.882 | $5.915 | $5.283 |
| Linux SQL Std | $10.536 | $9.569 | $8.937 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $11.227 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $12.123 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $13.48 | $12.513 | $11.881 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $26.856 | $25.889 | $25.257 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $27.547 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $28.443 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $29.80 | $28.833 | $28.201 |
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 AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 128 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 25 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 25 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 | 20000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 20,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 20,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 2,500 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 2,500 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 80,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 80,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 48 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | c7i.16xlarge |
| Family | c7i |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 128 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other c7i sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| c7i.large | 2 | 4 | $0.0893 |
| c7i.xlarge | 4 | 8 | $0.1785 |
| c7i.2xlarge | 8 | 16 | $0.357 |
| c7i.4xlarge | 16 | 32 | $0.714 |
| c7i.8xlarge | 32 | 64 | $1.428 |
| c7i.12xlarge | 48 | 96 | $2.142 |
| c7i.16xlarge | 64 | 128 | $2.856 |
| c7i.24xlarge | 96 | 192 | $4.284 |
| c7i.metal-24xl | 96 | 192 | $4.284 |
| c7i.48xlarge | 192 | 384 | $8.568 |
| c7i.metal-48xl | 192 | 384 | $8.568 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.