c4.4xlargevsc5.4xlarge

c5.4xlarge is 15% cheaper than c4.4xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $84.68 a month.

At a glancec4.4xlargec5.4xlarge
On-demand$0.796/hr$0.68/hr15% less
Lowest rate$0.2869/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.2208/hr23% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size16 vCPUs, 30 GiB16 vCPUs, 32 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.

Optionc4.4xlargec5.4xlargec5.4xlarge vs c4.4xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.796$0.68▼ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted64% off$0.286968% off$0.2208▼ 23%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.50437% off$0.428▼ 15%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.35458% off$0.285▼ 19%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.5828% off$0.493▼ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.40752% off$0.328▼ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.4xlarge leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where c5.4xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.68 vs $0.796 per hour
15% cheaper
EBS baseline bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 2,000 Mbps
2.4× higher
ECU73 vs 62
18% higher
Memory (GiB)32 vs 30
7% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differc4.4xlargec5.4xlarge
vCPUs1616
Physical cores88
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
ECU6273
Memory1 of 1 differc4.4xlargec5.4xlarge
Memory (GiB)3032
Networking2 of 8 differc4.4xlargec5.4xlarge
NetworkHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline5 Gbps5 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
Storage9 of 11 differc4.4xlargec5.4xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput2000 MbpsUp to 2250 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth2,000 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth2,000 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput250 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput250 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS16,00020,000
EBS max IOPS16,00020,000
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details4 of 10 differc4.4xlargec5.4xlarge
Familyc4c5
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor3232
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c4.4xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc4.4xlargec5.4xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.796$0.68▼ 15%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.796$0.68▼ 15%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.796$0.68▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.8$0.68▼ 15%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.876$0.744▼ 15%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.905$0.768▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.907$0.768▼ 15%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.909$0.776▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.924$0.784▼ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.95$0.808▼ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.958$0.816▼ 15%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.997$0.848▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$1.008$0.856▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$1.008$0.856▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$1.042$0.888▼ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$1.235$1.048▼ 15%

Keep exploring

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

c4.4xlargeCompute optimized, c4 family
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c5.4xlargeCompute optimized, c5 family
c5.4xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the c5 family

Compare c5.4xlarge with

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