c7i.xlarge
c7i.xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.1785 per hour on demand ($130.31 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1181 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0453 per hour. It is sold in 35 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Malaysia) at $0.1749 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 | $0.1749 | $0.0896 | $0.1161 | $0.0794 | $0.1328 | $0.0906 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.1749 | $0.0739 | $0.1161 | $0.0794 | $0.1328 | $0.0906 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.1785 | $0.0658 | $0.1182 | $0.081 | $0.1361 | $0.093 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.1785 | $0.0179 | $0.1181 | $0.081 | $0.1388 | $0.0927 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.1785 | $0.0453 | $0.1181 | $0.0786 | $0.129 | $0.0862 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.1785 | $0.0467 | $0.1181 | $0.0786 | $0.129 | $0.0862 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.1785 | $0.0598 | $0.1181 | $0.0786 | $0.129 | $0.0862 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.1874 | – | $0.124 | $0.0825 | $0.1354 | $0.0905 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.1911 | $0.0381 | $0.1264 | $0.0867 | $0.1393 | $0.0958 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.1915 | $0.0524 | $0.1268 | $0.0874 | $0.1464 | $0.1001 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.1915 | $0.0993 | $0.1268 | $0.0873 | $0.1464 | $0.1001 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.1953 | $0.0773 | $0.1296 | $0.0857 | $0.1482 | $0.0941 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.1953 | $0.0529 | $0.1296 | $0.0857 | $0.1482 | $0.0941 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.2011 | $0.0744 | $0.1331 | $0.0917 | $0.1537 | $0.1051 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.2016 | $0.0666 | $0.1332 | $0.0916 | $0.1535 | $0.1052 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.2022 | – | – | – | $0.1535 | $0.1053 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.2037 | $0.0934 | $0.1343 | $0.0924 | $0.155 | $0.1057 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.2058 | $0.0939 | $0.1366 | $0.0934 | $0.1562 | $0.1066 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.2058 | $0.0206 | $0.1366 | $0.0934 | $0.1562 | $0.1066 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.2121 | $0.052 | $0.1403 | $0.0962 | $0.1613 | $0.111 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.2121 | $0.0498 | $0.14 | $0.0964 | $0.1605 | $0.1105 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.2121 | $0.0697 | $0.14 | $0.0964 | $0.1616 | $0.1107 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.2142 | – | $0.1417 | $0.0896 | $0.1556 | $0.0981 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.2142 | – | $0.1417 | $0.0896 | $0.1556 | $0.0981 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.2145 | $0.0639 | $0.142 | $0.0978 | $0.1639 | $0.1121 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.2226 | $0.0838 | $0.147 | $0.1012 | $0.1698 | $0.1171 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.2241 | $0.0482 | $0.1482 | $0.1016 | $0.1778 | $0.1278 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.2247 | $0.0936 | $0.1482 | $0.1024 | $0.1706 | $0.117 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.2247 | $0.098 | $0.1477 | $0.1019 | $0.1852 | $0.1327 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.2268 | – | $0.15 | $0.1029 | $0.1723 | $0.1174 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.2331 | $0.0898 | $0.1539 | $0.1059 | $0.1709 | $0.1202 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.2331 | $0.0499 | $0.1477 | $0.0998 | $0.1698 | $0.1202 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.2394 | $0.086 | $0.1508 | $0.1034 | $0.1896 | $0.1319 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.2448 | – | – | – | $0.1794 | $0.1262 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.2751 | $0.0657 | $0.1817 | $0.125 | $0.2095 | $0.1427 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.1785 | $0.1181 | $0.0786 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $0.1855 | – | – |
| SUSE | $0.2348 | $0.1681 | $0.1236 |
| RHEL | $0.2361 | $0.1757 | $0.1362 |
| Linux SQL Web | $0.2461 | $0.1857 | $0.1462 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $0.3037 | – | – |
| RHEL HA | $0.3061 | $0.2457 | $0.2062 |
| Windows | $0.3625 | $0.3021 | $0.2626 |
| Windows SQL Web | $0.4301 | $0.3697 | $0.3302 |
| Linux SQL Std | $0.6585 | $0.5981 | $0.5586 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $0.7161 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $0.7861 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $0.8425 | $0.7821 | $0.7426 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $1.679 | $1.618 | $1.579 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $1.736 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $1.806 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $1.863 | $1.802 | $1.763 |
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 AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| 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.xlarge |
| Family | c7i |
| Category | Compute optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 8 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | Yes |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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| 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.