c4.largevsc5.large

c5.large is 15% cheaper than c4.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $10.95 a month.

At a glancec4.largec5.large
On-demand$0.1/hr$0.085/hr15% less
Lowest rate$0.0278/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0269/hr3% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 3.75 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 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.largec5.largec5.large vs c4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1$0.085▼ 15%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.027868% off$0.0269▼ 3%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.06336% off$0.054▼ 14%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.04458% off$0.036▼ 18%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.07227% off$0.062▼ 14%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.05152% off$0.041▼ 20%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.large leads
Max EBS volumes40 vs 27
48% higher
Where c5.large leads
On-demand price$0.085 vs $0.1 per hour
15% cheaper
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps vs 500 Mbps
9.5× higher
Network peak10 Gbps vs 1.2 Gbps
8.3× higher
ECU10 vs 8
25% higher

Specs

21 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differc4.largec5.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
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
ECU810
Memory1 of 1 differc4.largec5.large
Memory (GiB)3.754
Networking4 of 8 differc4.largec5.large
NetworkModerateUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline0.625 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces33
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage8 of 11 differc4.largec5.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoRequired
EBS throughput500 MbpsUp to 2250 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0004,000
EBS max IOPS4,00020,000
Max EBS volumes4027
Instance details3 of 10 differc4.largec5.large
Familyc4c5
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c4.large first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc4.largec5.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.1$0.085▼ 15%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1$0.085▼ 15%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1$0.085▼ 15%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1$0.085▼ 15%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.11$0.093▼ 15%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.113$0.096▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.114$0.096▼ 16%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.114$0.097▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.115$0.098▼ 15%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.119$0.101▼ 15%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.12$0.102▼ 15%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.124$0.106▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.126$0.107▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.126$0.107▼ 15%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.13$0.111▼ 15%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.155$0.131▼ 15%

Keep exploring

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

c4.largeCompute optimized, c4 family
c4.large prices and specsEvery size in the c4 family

Compare c4.large with

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c5.largeCompute optimized, c5 family
c5.large prices and specsEvery size in the c5 family

Compare c5.large with

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