c3.4xlargevsc4.4xlarge

c4.4xlarge is 5% cheaper than c3.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $32.12 a month.

At a glancec3.4xlargec4.4xlarge
On-demand$0.84/hr$0.796/hr5% less
Lowest rate$0.3109/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.2869/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 30 GiB16 vCPUs, 30 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc3.4xlargec4.4xlargec4.4xlarge vs c3.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.84$0.796▼ 5%
SpotCan be interrupted63% off$0.310964% off$0.2869▼ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront30% off$0.58437% off$0.504▼ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—56% off$0.354—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.61127% off$0.58▼ 5%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment37% off$0.52649% off$0.407▼ 23%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c3.4xlarge leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Where c4.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.796 vs $0.84 per hour
5% cheaper
Network baseline5 Gbps vs 2 Gbps
2.5× higher
ECU62 vs 55
13% higher
Max EBS volumes40 vs 39
3% higher

Specs

12 of 42 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differc3.4xlargec4.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (Ivy Bridge)Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU5562
MemoryAll 1 matchc3.4xlargec4.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)3030
Networking1 of 8 differc3.4xlargec4.4xlarge
NetworkHighHigh
Network baseline2 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoNo
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage4 of 12 differc3.4xlargec4.4xlarge
Storage2 x 160 SSDEBS only
Local disks2 × 160 GB SSD–
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput–2000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,000 Mbps2,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput250 MB/s250 MB/s
EBS max throughput250 MB/s250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,00016,000
EBS max IOPS16,00016,000
Max EBS volumes3940
Instance details2 of 10 differc3.4xlargec4.4xlarge
Familyc3c4
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationNoYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c3.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc3.4xlargec4.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.84$0.796▼ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.84$0.796▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.919$0.907▼ 1%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.956$0.905▼ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.956$0.997▲ 4%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$1.008$0.958▼ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.021$1.008▼ 1%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$1.032$0.909▼ 12%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$1.058$0.924▼ 13%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.058$1.042▼ 2%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.30$1.235▼ 5%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

c3.4xlargeCompute optimized, c3 family
c3.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c3 family
c4.4xlargeCompute optimized, c4 family
c4.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c4 family

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.