c4.largevsm4.large

c4.large and m4.large cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.1 per hour.

At a glancec4.largem4.large
On-demand$0.1/hr$0.1/hr
Lowest rate$0.0278/hr7% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0299/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 3.75 GiB2 vCPUs, 8 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon E5-2676 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.

Optionc4.largem4.largem4.large vs c4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1$0.1Same
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.027870% off$0.0299▲ 8%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.06338% off$0.062▼ 2%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.04457% off$0.0432▼ 2%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.07229% off$0.0712▼ 1%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.05150% off$0.0497▼ 3%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.large leads
Max network interfaces3 vs 2
50% higher
ECU8 vs 6.5
23% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps vs 450 Mbps
11% higher
Where m4.large leads
Memory (GiB)8 vs 3.75
2.1× higher

Specs

16 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differc4.largem4.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 (Haswell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Sustained clock2.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU86.5
Memory1 of 1 differc4.largem4.large
Memory (GiB)3.758
Networking2 of 8 differc4.largem4.large
NetworkModerateModerate
Network baseline0.625 Gbps0.45 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps1.2 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoNo
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces32
IPv4 addresses per interface1010
Storage7 of 11 differc4.largem4.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput500 Mbps450 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps450 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps450 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s56.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s56.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0003,600
EBS max IOPS4,0003,600
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details2 of 10 differc4.largem4.large
Familyc4m4
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor44
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc4.largem4.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.1$0.105▲ 5%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1$0.1Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1$0.1Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1$0.1Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.11$0.111▲ 1%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.113$0.111▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.114$0.123▲ 8%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.114$0.12▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.115$0.125▲ 9%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.119$0.116▼ 3%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.12$0.126▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.124$0.117▼ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.126$0.129▲ 2%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.126$0.129▲ 2%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.13$0.125▼ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.155$0.159▲ 3%

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

r4.largec3.largec5.large
m4.largeGeneral purpose, m4 family
m4.large prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

Compare m4.large with

t3.larger4.larget2.largem3.largem5.large

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