c4.2xlargevsc5.2xlarge

c5.2xlarge is 15% cheaper than c4.2xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $42.34 a month.

At a glancec4.2xlargec5.2xlarge
On-demand$0.398/hr$0.34/hr15% less
Lowest rate$0.139/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.1208/hr13% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size8 vCPUs, 15 GiB8 vCPUs, 16 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
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.

Optionc4.2xlargec5.2xlargec5.2xlarge vs c4.2xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.398$0.34▼ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted65% off$0.13964% off$0.1208▼ 13%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.25237% off$0.214▼ 15%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.17758% off$0.142▼ 20%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.2928% off$0.246▼ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.20452% off$0.164▼ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.2xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where c5.2xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.34 vs $0.398 per hour
15% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 1,000 Mbps
4.8× higher
ECU39 vs 31
26% higher
Memory (GiB)16 vs 15
7% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differc4.2xlargec5.2xlarge
vCPUs88
Physical cores44
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.9 GHz3.4 GHz
Sustained clock2.9 GHz3.4 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU3139
Memory1 of 1 differc4.2xlargec5.2xlarge
Memory (GiB)1516
Networking2 of 8 differc4.2xlargec5.2xlarge
NetworkHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline2.5 Gbps2.5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage9 of 11 differc4.2xlargec5.2xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput1000 MbpsUp to 2250 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth1,000 Mbps2,300 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth1,000 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput125 MB/s287.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput125 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS8,00010,000
EBS max IOPS8,00020,000
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differc4.2xlargec5.2xlarge
Familyc4c5
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor1616
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c4.2xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc4.2xlargec5.2xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.398$0.34▼ 15%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.398$0.34▼ 15%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.398$0.34▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.4$0.34▼ 15%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.438$0.372▼ 15%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.453$0.384▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.454$0.384▼ 15%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.454$0.388▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.462$0.392▼ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.476$0.404▼ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.479$0.408▼ 15%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.498$0.424▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.504$0.428▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.504$0.428▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.522$0.444▼ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.618$0.524▼ 15%

Keep exploring

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

c4.2xlargeCompute optimized, c4 family
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c5.2xlargeCompute optimized, c5 family
c5.2xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c5 family

Compare c5.2xlarge with

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