c4.xlargevsr4.xlarge

c4.xlarge is 25% cheaper than r4.xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $48.91 a month.

At a glancec4.xlarger4.xlarge
On-demand$0.199/hr25% less$0.266/hr
Lowest rate$0.0625/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted$0.0804/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 7.5 GiB4 vCPUs, 30.5 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.xlarger4.xlarger4.xlarge vs c4.xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$0.199$0.266▲ 34%
SpotCan be interrupted69% off$0.062570% off$0.0804▲ 29%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$0.12637% off$0.168▲ 33%
3-yr reservedNo upfront55% off$0.08957% off$0.1145▲ 29%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment27% off$0.14527% off$0.1932▲ 33%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment49% off$0.10250% off$0.1317▲ 29%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.xlarge leads
On-demand price$0.199 vs $0.266 per hour
25% cheaper
Clock speed2.9 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
26% higher
Where r4.xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)30.5 vs 7.5
4.1× higher
Network peak10 Gbps vs 2.8 Gbps
3.6× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth850 Mbps vs 750 Mbps
13% higher

Specs

14 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 11 differc4.xlarger4.xlarge
vCPUs44
Physical cores22
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
ECU1616
Memory1 of 1 differc4.xlarger4.xlarge
Memory (GiB)7.530.5
Networking3 of 8 differc4.xlarger4.xlarge
NetworkHighUp to 10 Gigabit
Network baseline1.25 Gbps1.25 Gbps
Network peak2.8 Gbps10 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNoYes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces44
IPv4 addresses per interface1515
Storage5 of 11 differc4.xlarger4.xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeNoNo
EBS throughput750 Mbps800 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth750 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth750 Mbps850 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput93.75 MB/s106.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput93.75 MB/s106.25 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS6,0006,000
Max EBS volumes4040
Instance details2 of 10 differc4.xlarger4.xlarge
Familyc4r4
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
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.xlarger4.xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.199$0.266▲ 34%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.199$0.266▲ 34%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.199$0.266▲ 34%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.2$0.274▲ 37%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.218$0.292▲ 34%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.226$0.2964▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.227$0.32▲ 41%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.227$0.3201▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.231$0.32▲ 39%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.237$0.312▲ 32%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.239$0.3192▲ 34%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.249$0.2964▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.252$0.32▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.252$0.32▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.261$0.3192▲ 22%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.309$0.56▲ 81%

Keep exploring

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

c4.xlargeCompute optimized, c4 family
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Compare r4.xlarge with

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