c5.12xlargevsm5.12xlarge

c5.12xlarge is 11% cheaper than m5.12xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $192.72 a month.

At a glancec5.12xlargem5.12xlarge
On-demand$2.04/hr11% less$2.304/hr
Lowest rate$0.5758/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.4515/hr22% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size48 vCPUs, 96 GiB48 vCPUs, 192 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
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.

Optionc5.12xlargem5.12xlargem5.12xlarge vs c5.12xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$2.04$2.304▲ 13%
SpotCan be interrupted72% off$0.575880% off$0.4515▼ 22%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$1.28537% off$1.452▲ 13%
3-yr reservedNo upfront58% off$0.85557% off$0.995▲ 16%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$1.47827% off$1.693▲ 15%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$0.98549% off$1.168▲ 19%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c5.12xlarge leads
On-demand price$2.04 vs $2.304 per hour
11% cheaper
Sustained clock3.6 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
16% higher
Where m5.12xlarge leads
Memory (GiB)192 vs 96
2× higher

Specs

10 of 41 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 11 differc5.12xlargem5.12xlarge
vCPUs4848
Physical cores2424
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8275LIntel Xeon Platinum 8175
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed3.4 GHz3.1 GHz
Sustained clock3.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Deep Learning Boost; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
ECU188168
Memory1 of 1 differc5.12xlargem5.12xlarge
Memory (GiB)96192
Networking1 of 8 differc5.12xlargem5.12xlarge
Network12 Gigabit10 Gigabit
Network baseline12 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak12 Gbps12 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFANoNo
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces88
IPv4 addresses per interface3030
StorageAll 11 matchc5.12xlargem5.12xlarge
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput7000 Mbps7000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth9,500 Mbps9,500 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,187.5 MB/s1,187.5 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS40,00040,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Max EBS volumes2727
Instance details3 of 10 differc5.12xlargem5.12xlarge
Familyc5m5
CategoryCompute optimizedGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor9696
Bare metalNoNo
HypervisorNitroNitro
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationYesNo
Nitro EnclavesYesYes
Boot modesLegacy BIOS, UEFILegacy BIOS, UEFI

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c5.12xlarge first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc5.12xlargem5.12xlargeDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.04$2.424▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.04$2.424▲ 19%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.04$2.304▲ 13%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.04$2.304▲ 13%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.04$2.304▲ 13%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.184$2.448▲ 12%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.232$2.568▲ 15%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$2.232$2.568▲ 15%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.304$2.832▲ 23%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.304$2.568▲ 11%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.304$2.568▲ 11%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.328$2.76▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.352$2.88▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.352$2.88▲ 22%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$2.419$2.696▲ 11%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.424$2.664▲ 10%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.424$2.688▲ 11%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.424$2.688▲ 11%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$2.448$2.904▲ 19%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.448$2.904▲ 19%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$2.534$2.825▲ 11%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$2.534$2.825▲ 11%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.544$2.688▲ 6%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$2.561$3.036▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.568$2.976▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.568$2.976▲ 16%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$2.592$3.168▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.664$2.88▲ 8%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.664$2.88▲ 8%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$2.736$3.048▲ 11%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.144$3.672▲ 17%

Keep exploring

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c5.12xlargeCompute optimized, c5 family
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m5.12xlargeGeneral purpose, m5 family
m5.12xlarge prices and specsEvery size in the m5 family

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