c4.largevsr4.large

c4.large is 25% cheaper than r4.large on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $24.09 a month.

At a glancec4.larger4.large
On-demand$0.1/hr25% less$0.133/hr
Lowest rate$0.0278/hr21% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0353/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size2 vCPUs, 3.75 GiB2 vCPUs, 15.25 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
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.larger4.larger4.large vs c4.large
On-demandPay by the hour$0.1$0.133▲ 33%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.027873% off$0.0353▲ 27%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.06337% off$0.084▲ 33%
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$0.04457% off$0.0572▲ 30%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$0.07227% off$0.0966▲ 34%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.05151% off$0.0658▲ 29%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.large leads
On-demand price$0.1 vs $0.133 per hour
25% cheaper
EBS baseline IOPS4,000 vs 3,000
33% higher
Clock speed2.9 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
26% higher
Where r4.large leads
Network peak10 Gbps vs 1.2 Gbps
8.3× higher
Memory (GiB)15.25 vs 3.75
4.1× higher

Specs

17 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differc4.larger4.large
vCPUs22
Physical cores11
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2666 v3 (Haswell)Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (Broadwell)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.9 GHz2.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.9 GHz2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU88
Memory1 of 1 differc4.larger4.large
Memory (GiB)3.7515.25
Networking4 of 8 differc4.larger4.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
Storage7 of 11 differc4.larger4.large
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput500 Mbps400 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth500 Mbps425 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth500 Mbps425 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput62.5 MB/s53.125 MB/s
EBS max throughput62.5 MB/s53.125 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS4,0003,000
EBS max IOPS4,0003,000
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details2 of 10 differc4.larger4.large
Familyc4r4
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
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.larger4.largeDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.1$0.137▲ 37%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.1$0.133▲ 33%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.1$0.133▲ 33%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.1$0.133▲ 33%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.11$0.146▲ 33%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.113$0.1482▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.114$0.16▲ 40%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.114$0.1601▲ 40%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.115$0.16▲ 39%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.119$0.156▲ 31%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.12$0.1596▲ 33%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.124$0.1482▲ 20%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.126$0.16▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.126$0.16▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.13$0.1596▲ 23%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.155$0.28▲ 81%

Keep exploring

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

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