c4.xlargevsm4.xlarge

c4.xlarge is 1% cheaper than m4.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $0.73 a month.

At a glancec4.xlargem4.xlarge
On-demand$0.199/hr1% less$0.2/hr
Lowest rate$0.0625/hr8% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0681/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 7.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 16 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.xlargem4.xlargem4.xlarge vs c4.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.199$0.2▲ 1%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.062566% off$0.0681▲ 9%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.12638% off$0.1239▼ 2%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.08957% off$0.0864▼ 3%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.14529% off$0.1425▼ 2%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.10250% off$0.0994▼ 3%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.199 vs $0.2 per hour
1% cheaper
Network baseline1.25 Gbps vs 0.75 Gbps
67% higher
ECU16 vs 13
23% higher
Where m4.xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)16 vs 7.5
2.1× higher

Specs

8 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 11 differc4.xlargem4.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU1613
Memory1 of 1 differc4.xlargem4.xlarge
Memory (GiB)7.516
Networking1 of 8 differc4.xlargem4.xlarge
NetworkHighHigh
Network baseline1.25 Gbps0.75 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps2.8 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoNo
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
StorageAll 11 matchc4.xlargem4.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput750 Mbps750 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth750 Mbps750 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth750 Mbps750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput93.75 MB/s93.75 MB/s
EBS max throughput93.75 MB/s93.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS6,0006,000
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details2 of 10 differc4.xlargem4.xlarge
Familyc4m4
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor88
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorXenXen
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesYes
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

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

Regionc4.xlargem4.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.199$0.2▲ 1%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.199$0.2▲ 1%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.199$0.2▲ 1%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.2$0.21▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.218$0.222▲ 2%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.226$0.222▼ 2%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.227$0.246▲ 8%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.227$0.24▲ 6%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.231$0.25▲ 8%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.237$0.232▼ 2%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.239$0.252▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.249$0.234▼ 6%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.252$0.258▲ 2%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.252$0.258▲ 2%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.261$0.25▼ 4%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.309$0.318▲ 3%

Keep exploring

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

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

Compare c4.xlarge with

r4.xlargec3.xlargec5.xlarge
m4.xlargeGeneral purpose, m4 family
m4.xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m4 family

Compare m4.xlarge with

t3.xlarger4.xlarget2.xlargem3.xlargem5.xlarge

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